Mediochoerus
Appearance
Mediochoerus Temporal range: Miocene
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | †Merycoidodontidae |
Genus: | †Mediochoerus Schultz and Falkenbach (1941) |
Species | |
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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.[1]
Taxonomy
[edit]Mediochoerus was named by Schultz and Falkenbach (1941) and assigned to Merycoidodontidae by Schultz and Falkenbach (1941) and Lander (1998).[2][3]
Fossil distribution
[edit]Nebraska and California.
Species
[edit]M. blicki (type species), M. johnsoni, M. mohavensis
References
[edit]- ^ PaleoBiology Database: Mediochoerus, basic info
- ^ B. Lander. 1998. Oreodontoidea. In C. M. Janis, K. M. Scott, and L. L. Jacobs (eds.), Evolution of Tertiary mammals of North America 402-425
- ^ C. B. Schultz and C. H. Falkenbach. 1947. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 88