Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae

Alternative combination: Merychyus zygomaticus

Synonyms: Merycochoerus obliquidens Cope 1886, Poatrephes paludicola Douglass 1903, Promerycochoerus obliquidens Cope 1886, Ticholeptus hypsodus Loomis 1924, Ticholeptus obliquidens Cope 1886, Ticholeptus rileyi Schultz and Falkenbach 1941, Ustatochoerus schrammi Schultz and Falkenbach 1941

Belongs to Ticholeptus according to B. Lander 1998

Sister taxa: none

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Average measurements (in mm): M1 14.7 x 13.7, M2 17.8 x 15.1, M3 23.4 x 16.2, m1 14.5 x 12.0