†Merycoides Douglass 1907 (oreodont)
Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 42501
Full reference: E. Douglass. 1907. Some new merycoidodonts. Annals of Carnegie Museum 4:99-109
Parent taxon: Eporeodontinae according to M. S. Stevens and J. B. Stevens 2007
Sister taxa: Dayohyus, Eporeodon
Subtaxa: Merycoides cursor, Merycoides giganteus, Merycoides longiceps, Merycoides nebraskensis, Merycoides pariogonus
Type: Merycoides cursor
Ecology: scansorial insectivore