Kingdom Animalia Class Mammalia Family †Merycoidodontidae | Phylum Chordata Order Artiodactyla Rank Genus | |
Similar Merycochoerus, Mesoreodon, Miniochoerus, Brachycrus, Eporeodon | ||
Mediochoerus is an extinct genus of oreodont of the family Merycoidodontidae, subfamily Merycoidodontinae, endemic to North America during the Early Miocene-Middle Miocene subepochs (20.6—13.6 mya), existing for approximately 7 million years.
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Taxonomy
Mediochoerus was named by Schultz and Falkenbach (1941) and assigned to Merycoidodontidae by Schultz and Falkenbach (1941) and Lander (1998).
Fossil distribution
Nebraska and California.
Species
M. blicki (type species), M. johnsoni, M. mohavensis
References
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