Merycoidodon skeleton at Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Artiodactyla
Family:
†Merycoidodontidae
Subfamily:
†Merycoidodontinae
Genus:
†Merycoidodon Leidy, 1848
Type species
†Oreodon culbertsoni
(Leidy, 1848)
Subgenera and species[1]
†Merycoidodon
†M. (?M.) presidioensis
†M. (M.) culbertsoni
†Otarohyus
†M. (O.) bullatus
†M. (O.) major
unassigned
†M. dunagani
Synonyms
†Blickohyus Schultz and Falkenbach, 1968
†Genetochoerus Schultz and Falkenbach, 1968
†Oreodon Leidy, 1851
†Otionohyus Schultz and Falkenbach, 1968
†Paramerycoidodon Schultz and Falkenbach, 1968
†Prodesmatochoerus Schultz and Falkenbach, 1954
†Subdesmatochoerus Schultz and Falkenbach, 1954
Merycoidodon ("ruminating teeth") is an extinct genus of herbivorous artiodactyl of the family Merycoidodontidae, more popularly known by the name Oreodon ("hillock teeth"). It was endemic to North America during the Middle Eocene to Middle Miocene (46—16 mya) existing for approximately 30 million years.[2]
^Stevens, M.S.; Stevens, J.B. (1996). "Merycoidodontinae and Miniochoerinae". In Prothero, D.R.; Emry, R.J. (eds.). The terrestrial Eocene-Oligocene transition in North America. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 498–573. ISBN 0-521-43387-8.
Merycoidodon ("ruminating teeth") is an extinct genus of herbivorous artiodactyl of the family Merycoidodontidae, more popularly known by the name Oreodon...
Brachycrus Large grazer – cow-sized Eporeodon Medium grazer – goat-like Merycoidodon Small desert herbivore – goat- to cat-sized Sespia Medium desert herbivore...
also some of the largest found in the Badlands. It was much larger than Merycoidodon and Miniochoerus, its contemporaries in the Late Oligocene. On the other...
entelodont-bearing sites in the American Great Plains, including a skull of Merycoidodon with an embedded incisor of the entelodont Archaeotherium. Entelodonts...
near the end of the epoch from an otter-like ancestor. Poebrotherium Merycoidodon Hoplophoneus Mesohippus Paraceratherium Paleoparadoxia Protoceras Archaeotherium...
it is probably that this larger creodont hunted the larger oreodont Merycoidodon who, at over two hundred pounds, would have killed attacking Miacis....
metre (3.3 ft) long creature resembled its bigger, earlier relative Merycoidodon, but was more specialized. Brachycrus had jaws which were short, and...
Mylohyus Family Oreodontidae (Oreodonts) Genus Promerycochoerus Genus Merycoidodon Genus Brachycrus Genus Leptauchenia Genus Sespia Genus Mesoreodon Genus...
common in the gallery woodlands were the horse Mesohippus and artiodactyl Merycoidodon; and in the savannas there were the lagomorph Palaeolagus, the deer-like...
the cursorial rhinoceros Hyracodon, and the very common "oreodont" Merycoidodon. The phylogenetic relationships of genus Xenocranium is shown in the...
coracoid edge of the scapulae of Anoplotherium are unlike Cainotherium and Merycoidodon because Anoplotherium shares neither any triangular shape of the shoulder...
Similar to the research article from 2015, Amphirhagatherium weigelti and Merycoidodon culbertsoni are classified as outgroups within the Artiodactyla due to...
found in close association with Megacerops, and B. geographicus with Merycoidodon, which might imply predation on these mammals. It shared its environment...
to the agriochoerid Agriochoerus and different from the merycoidodont Merycoidodon. Diplobune differs from Anoplotherium in the lunate bone having a more...
oredodont Leptauchenia L. decora SD, NE Teeth and skulls Small Oreodont Merycoidodon M. culbertsoni M. gracilis SD, ND, NE, WY Skulls, limb bones, and skeletons...
comparable form †Merycoidodon †Merycoidodon bullatus – type locality for species †Merycoidodon culbertsoni – type locality for species †Merycoidodon major †Mesocyon...
for species †Merychyus †Merycochoerus †Merycoidodon †Merycoidodon bullatus †Merycoidodon culbertsoni †Merycoidodon major †Mesodma †Mesodma pygmaea †Mesohippus...
†Merychippus gunteri – type locality for species †Merychippus primus †Merycoidodon Mesoplodon †Mesoplodon longirostris †Mesoreodon †Mesoreodon floridensis...
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