Submerycochoerus bannackensis Douglass 1907

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae

Alternative combinations: Hypsiops bannackensis, Ticholeptus bannackensis

Synonyms: Pseudomesoreodon boulderensis Schultz and Falkenbach 1950, Pseudomesoreodon rolli Schultz and Falkenbach 1950

Full reference: E. Douglass. 1907. Some new merycoidodonts. Annals of Carnegie Museum 4:99-109

Belongs to Submerycochoerus according to M. S. Stevens et al. 2023

See also Douglass 1907, Lander 1998, Schultz and Falkenbach 1950, Stevens and Stevens 2007, Tabrum and Nichols 2001 and Thorpe 1937

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

  • Submerycochoerus bannackensis: CM 995, a partial skeleton (a portion of the anterior upper part of the skull, a mandible, and the greater portion of a skeleton). Its type locality is Grasshopper Creek, which is in a Harrisonian terrestrial horizon in Montana.
  • Pseudomesoreodon boulderensis: F:AM 44883, a partial skull (Partial skull with I1-M3 (br.) and mandible with /c-m3). Its type locality is North Boulder Valley, which is in a Harrisonian terrestrial horizon in the Renova Formation of Montana.
  • Pseudomesoreodon rolli: F:AM 34481, a partial skull (Partial skull with P3-M3). Its type locality is North Boulder Valley, which is in a Harrisonian terrestrial horizon in the Renova Formation of Montana.

Distribution:

• Harrisonian of United States (2: Montana collections)

Total: 2 collections including 3 occurrences

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