Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae
Alternative spelling: Merycodontidae
Full reference: W. D. Matthew. 1904. A complete skeleton of Merycodus. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 20(7):101-129
Parent taxon: Antilocapridae according to C. M. Janis and E. Manning 1998
See also Gregory 1910 and Jaekel 1911
Sister taxa: Antilocapra, Antilocaprinae, Cosorycinae, Hayoceros, Hexameryx, Ilingoceros, Merriamoceros, Merycodus, Paracosoryx, Plioceros, Ramocerotinae, Submeryceros, Texoceros
Ecology: ground dwelling browser-grazer
Distribution:
• Pliocene of United States (1: Oklahoma collection)
• Hemphillian of Mexico (2), United States (1: Kansas)
• Miocene of Canada (18: Saskatchewan), Japan (1), Mexico (1), United States (183: Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wyoming)
Total: 207 collections including 210 occurrences