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Merychyus
Temporal range: Miocene (Arikareean-Clarendonian)
~20.4–10.3 Ma
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M. elegans fossil, Royal Ontario Museum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Merycoidodontidae
Genus: Merychyus
Leidy 1858
Type species
Merychyus elegans
Leidy 1858
Species
  • M. arenarum Cope, 1884
  • M. calaminthus Jahns, 1940
  • M. elegans Leidy, 1858 (type)
  • M. minimus Peterson, 1907
  • M. relictus Matthew & Cook, 1909
  • M. verrucomalus Stevens, 1970
Synonyms
  • Metoreodon Matthew & Cook, 1909

Merychyus is an extinct genus of oreodont of the family Merycoidodontidae, endemic to North America. It lived during the Miocene, 20.4—10.3 mya, existing for approximately 10 million years.[1] Fossils are widespread through the central and western United States.

Merychyus was a herbivore with a short face, tusk-like canine teeth, heavy body, long tail, short feet, and four-toed hooves.[citation needed]

  1. ^ Merychyus at Fossilworks.org

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