Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
Full reference: W. B. Scott. 1893. The Mammals of the Deep River Beds. The American Naturalist 27(319):659-662
Parent taxon: Merycoidodontinae according to M. S. Stevens and J. B. Stevens 2007
See also Hay 1902, Lander 1998, Schultz and Falkenbach 1949, Scott 1913, Stevens and Stevens 1996 and Thorpe 1937
Sister taxa: Eucrotaphus, Merycoidodon
Subtaxa: Mesoreodon chelonyx Mesoreodon floridensis Mesoreodon minor
Type: Mesoreodon chelonyx
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Harrisonian of United States (5: South Dakota, Wyoming collections)
• Arikareean of United States (20: California, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, South Dakota, Wyoming)
• Oligocene of United States (16: Florida, Montana, Nebraska, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington)
Total: 41 collections including 52 occurrences
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