Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
Full reference: C. B. Schultz and C. H. Falkenbach. 1941. Ticholeptinae, a new subfamily of oreodonts. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 79(1):1-105
Parent taxon: Ustatochoerinae according to M. S. Stevens et al. 2023
See also Lander 1998, May 2019, Morgan et al. 2009, Schultz and Falkenbach 1941 and Stevens and Stevens 2007
Sister taxon: Mediochoerus
Subtaxa: Ustatochoerus californicus Ustatochoerus leptoscelos Ustatochoerus major Ustatochoerus medius Ustatochoerus tedfordi
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Hemphillian of United States (2: Nebraska collections)
• Miocene of United States (111: California, Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming)
• Harrisonian of United States (2: Texas)
• Arikareean of United States (4: California, Texas)
Total: 119 collections including 126 occurrences
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