Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Leptochoeridae
Synonyms: Menotherium Cope 1874, Nanochoerus Macdonald 1955
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1873. Third Notice Of Extinct Vertebrata From The Tertiary of the Plains. Paleontological Bulletin 16:1-8
Parent taxon: Leptochoeridae according to J. M. Theodor et al. 2007
See also Alroy 2002, Carroll 1988, Edwards 1976, Hay 1902, Korth et al. 2022, Macdonald 1955, McKenna and Bell 1997, Scott 1913, Scott 1940, Storer 1984 and Stucky 1998
Sister taxa: Diacodexis woltonensis, Ibarus, Laredochoerus, Leptochoerus
Subtaxa: Stibarus montanus Stibarus obtusilobus Stibarus quadricuspis Stibarus yoderensis
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (22: Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota, Wyoming collections)
• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Nebraska)
• Eocene of Canada (2: Saskatchewan), United States (11: Colorado, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Wyoming)
Total: 36 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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