Megoreodon Schultz and Falkenbach 1954 (oreodont)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae

Synonym: Superdesmatochoerus Schultz and Falkenbach 1954

Full reference: C. B. Schultz and C. H. Falkenbach. 1954. Desmatochoerinae, a new subfamily of oreodonts. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 105(2)

Parent taxon: Promerycochoerinae according to M. S. Stevens et al. 2023

See also Lander 1998, Schultz and Falkenbach 1954 and Stevens and Stevens 2007

Sister taxa: Desmatochoerus, Promerycochoerus, Pseudodesmatochoerus

Subtaxa: Megoreodon grandis

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Type: Promerycochoerus grandis

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (1: Montana collection)

• Harrisonian of United States (1: Nebraska)

• Arikareean of United States (6: Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, Wyoming)

• Oligocene of United States (5: Nebraska, New Mexico, South Dakota)

Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence

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