Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
Full reference: O. A. Peterson. 1907. The Miocene Beds of Western Nebraska and Eastern Wyoming and Their Vertebrate Faunae. Annals of Carnegie Museum 4(3):21-72
Parent taxon: Ticholeptinae according to M. S. Stevens et al. 2023
See also Lander 1998, MacFadden 1980, Peterson 1907, Schultz and Falkenbach 1950, Stevens and Stevens 2007 and Thorpe 1937
Sister taxa: Paroreodon, Ticholeptus
Subtaxa: Phenacocoelus kayi Phenacocoelus typus
Type: Phenacocoelus typus
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Harrisonian of United States (5: Florida, Nebraska, Wyoming collections)
• Oligocene of United States (1: Nebraska)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
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