ammonites
Miniochoerus chadronensis Schultz and Falkenbach 1956 (oreodont)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae

Alternative combinations: Oreonetes chadronensis, Stenopsochoerus chadronensis

Synonyms: Parastenopsochoerus conversensis Schultz and Falkenbach 1956, Stenopsochoerus douglasensis Schultz and Falkenbach 1956, Stenopsochoerus reideri Schultz and Falkenbach 1956

Full reference: C. B. Schultz and C. H. Falkenbach. 1956. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 109(4)

Belongs to Miniochoerus according to M. S. Stevens and J. B. Stevens 1996

Sister taxa: Miniochoerus affinis, Miniochoerus forsythae, Miniochoerus gracilis, Miniochoerus starkensis

Type specimens:

  • Miniochoerus chadronensis: Its type locality is Southwestern End of Seamen Hills (Chadronian), which is in a Chadronian terrestrial horizon in Wyoming
  • Parastenopsochoerus conversensis:
  • Stenopsochoerus douglasensis:
  • Stenopsochoerus reideri:

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore