Merycoidodon

Merycoidodon
Temporal range: Middle Eocene–Middle Miocene
M. culbertsoni skeleton, American Museum of Natural History
Scientific classification Edit this 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]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Merycoidodon at fossilworks