Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
Alternative combination: Merycoidodon (Merycoidodon) presidioensis
Full reference: M. S. Stevens and J. B. Stevens. 1996. Merycoidodontinae and Miniochoerinae. The Terrestrial Eocene-Oligocene Transition in North America 498-573
Belongs to Merycoidodon according to M. S. Stevens et al. 2023
See also Stevens and Stevens 1996 and Stevens and Stevens 2007
Sister taxa: Merycoidodon (Anomerycoidodon), Merycoidodon (Blickohyus), Merycoidodon (Merycoidodon), Merycoidodon (Otarohyus), Merycoidodon bullatus, Merycoidodon culbertsonii, Merycoidodon major, Merycoidodon minor, Paramerycoidodon (Barbourochoerus), Paramerycoidodon (Gregoryochoerus), Genetochoerus (Osbornohyus)
Type specimen: TMM 40505-2, a partial skull (the anterior part of a skull and lower jaws)
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: Texas, Wyoming collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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