Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
Synonym: Paracotylops Matthew 1901
Full reference: J. Leidy. 1858. Notice of Remains of Extinct Vertebrata, from the Valley of the Niobrara River, Collected during the Exploring Expedition of 1857, in Nebraska, under the Command of Lieut. G. K. Warren, U. S. Top. Eng., by Dr. F. V. Hayden, Geologist to the Expedition. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 10:15-89
Parent taxon: Merycochoerinae according to M. S. Stevens et al. 2023
See also Alroy 2002, Cope 1884, Hay 1902, Lander 1998, Leidy 1873, Loomis 1920, Schultz and Falkenbach 1940, Schultz and Falkenbach 1949, Scott 1913, Stevens and Stevens 2007, Thorpe 1921, Thorpe 1924 and Thorpe 1937
Sister taxa: Hypsiops, Submerycochoerus
Subtaxa: Merycochoerus (Brachycrus) Merycochoerus magnus Merycochoerus matthewi Merycochoerus pinensis Merycochoerus proprius
Type: Merycochoerus proprius
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan collection), Panama (2), United States (20: Colorado, Nebraska, Oregon, Wyoming)
• Harrisonian of United States (10: Nebraska, Oregon, South Dakota, Wyoming)
• Arikareean of United States (5: Montana, North Dakota, Oregon)
• Oligocene of United States (2: Nebraska, Oregon)
Total: 40 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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