M. gracilis skeleton, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Artiodactyla
Family:
†Merycoidodontidae
Subfamily:
†Miniochoerinae
Genus:
†Miniochoerus Schultz and Falkenbach, 1956
Type species
†Miniochoerus battlecreekensis
Species[1]
See text
Synonyms
Paraminiochoerus Schultz and Falkenbach, 1956[2]
Parastenopsochoerus Schultz and Falkenbach, 1956
Platyochoerus Schultz and Falkenbach, 1956
Pseudostenopsochoerus Schultz and Falkenbach, 1956[2]
Stenopsochoerus Schultz and Falkenbach, 1956
Miniochoerus is an extinct genus of small oreodont endemic to North America. They lived during the Late Eocene to Early Oligocene 38–30.8 mya, existing for approximately 7 million years.[1] Fossils have been found only in North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Montana, and Wyoming.[citation needed]
^ abStevens, 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.
^ abSubgenus not recognized by Stevens and Stevens.
Miniochoerus is an extinct genus of small oreodont endemic to North America. They lived during the Late Eocene to Early Oligocene 38–30.8 mya, existing...
largest found in the Badlands. It was much larger than Merycoidodon and Miniochoerus, its contemporaries in the Late Oligocene. On the other hand, Eporeodon...
Genus Brachycrus Genus Leptauchenia Genus Sespia Genus Mesoreodon Genus Miniochoerus Genus Eporeodon Family Cainotheriidae Genus Cainotherium Family Hippopotamidae...
including the marsupials Herpetotherium and Nanodelphys, the oreodont Miniochoerus, the ruminant Leptomeryx, the canid Osbornodon and the bat Quinetia....
locality for species †Mindarus scudderi – type locality for species †Miniochoerus †Miniochoerus gracilis †Miocaenia – type locality for genus †Miocaenia pectinicornis...
species †Miniochoerus †Miniochoerus affinis – type locality for species †Miniochoerus chadronensis – type locality for species †Miniochoerus forsythae...
†Microtus pennsylvanicus – or unidentified comparable form †Mimetodon †Miniochoerus – tentative report †Miohippus – type locality for genus †Miohippus grandis...
locality for genus †Migmacastor procumbodens – type locality for species †Miniochoerus †Miohippus †Miotapirus †Miotapirus harrisonensis †Miotylopus †Monosaulax...
†Mimoperadectes †Mimoperadectes houdei – type locality for species †Miniochoerus †Miocyon †Miohippus †Mioplosus †Miotapirus †Miotapirus harrisonensis...
†Microtus ochrogaster †Mimoperadectes †Mindarus – type locality for genus †Miniochoerus †Miodytiscus – type locality for genus †Miohippus †Miomyrmex †Miomyrmex...
report †Minerisporites †Minerisporites glossoferus (Dijkstra) n. comb. †Miniochoerus – tentative report †Miohippus – type locality for genus †Miohippus anceps...
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