Merycoidodon presidioensis Stevens and Stevens 1996

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

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.