Ustatochoerus Schultz and Falkenbach 1941 (oreodont)

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

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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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