Brachycrus rusticus Leidy 1870

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae

Alternative combinations: Merychyus rusticus, Merycochoerus rusticus, Ticholeptus rusticus

Full reference: J. Leidy. 1870. [Abstract of remarks made before a meeting of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, October 4th, 1870]. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 22(3):109-110

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

See also Cope 1884, Hay 1902, Kelly and Lander 1988, Lander 1998, Leidy 1870, Leidy 1873, Loomis 1920, Munthe 1988, Schultz and Falkenbach 1940, Schultz and Falkenbach 1941, Stevens and Stevens 2007, Thorpe 1924 and Thorpe 1937

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Brachycrus rusticus riograndensis

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Type specimen: NM 145, a partial skull (Anterior portion of skull with I1(br.)-M2 (P4 br.) and partial mandible with i1-i2 alv. and i3(rt.)-m3(br.) (p1 br.)).

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (3: Wyoming collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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