Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae

Alternative combination: Merycochoerus buwaldi

Synonym: Brachycrus wilsoni Schultz and Falkenbach 1940

Full reference: J. C. Merriam. 1919. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geology 11(5)

Belongs to Brachycrus according to B. Lander 1998

Sister taxa: Brachycrus laticeps, Brachycrus rusticus, Brachycrus siouense, Brachycrus sweetwaterensis, Brachycrus vaughani

Type specimens:

• Brachycrus buwaldi: Its type locality is Barstow (UCMP 2057), which is in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon in the Barstow Formation of California
• Brachycrus wilsoni: Its type locality is Thomson Quarry, which is in a Hemingfordian terrestrial horizon in the Sheep Creek Formation of Nebraska.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore