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]
Mediochoerus was named by Schultz and Falkenbach (1941) and assigned to Merycoidodontidae by Schultz and Falkenbach (1941) and Lander (1998). [2] [3]
Nebraska and California.
M. blicki (type species), M. johnsoni, M. mohavensis