PaleoDB taxon number: 42488
Synonym: Oreodontidae Leidy 1869 (taxon 106434)
Full reference: H. J. Cook. 1912. Faunal Lists of the Tertiary Formations of Sioux County, Nebraska. Nebraska Geological Survey 7(5):33-45
Parent taxon: Artiodactyla according to M. S. Stevens and J. B. Stevens 1996
Sister taxa: Achaenodontidae, Ancodonta, Antiacodontidae, Antiacodontinae, Booidea, Caenotheriidae, Cainotherioidea, Cetancodontamorpha, Choeropotamoidea, Climacoceratidae, Diacodexeidae, Dichobunoidea, Eolantianus, Eurytheriidae, Haplobunodontidae, Helohyinae, Hsanotherium, Hyodonta, Leptochoerinae, Merycoidodontoidea, Myanmarius, Neoselenodontia, Nonruminantia, Nothokemadidae, Omnivora, Pantolestoidea, Raphenacodus, Ruminantiamorpha, Suiformes, Suoidea, Tragulohyus, Tylopoda, Whippomorpha, Cetruminantia, Entelodontoidea, Cetancodonta
Subtaxa: Aclistomycterinae, Brachycrurinae, Desmatochoerinae, Diplotremus, Eporeodontinae, Leptaucheniinae, Merychyinae, Merycochoerinae, Merycoidodontinae, Miniochoerinae, Oreonetinae, Phenacocoelinae, Promerycochoerinae, Ticholeptinae, Ustatochoerinae
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore