Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
Alternative combination: Merycochoerus proprius magnus
Full reference: F. B. Loomis. 1924. Miocene oreodonts in the American Museum. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 51(1):1-37
Belongs to Merycochoerus according to M. S. Stevens et al. 2023
See also Galbreath 1953, Loomis 1924, Schultz and Falkenbach 1940, Stevens and Stevens 2007, Thorpe 1937 and Vanderhill 1980
Sister taxa: Merycochoerus (Brachycrus), Merycochoerus matthewi, Merycochoerus pinensis, Merycochoerus proprius
Type specimen: Its type locality is Agate (7 Miles NE), which is in a Harrisonian terrestrial horizon in the Marsland Formation of Nebraska
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (6: Colorado, Oregon, Wyoming collections)
• Harrisonian of United States (1: Nebraska)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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