†Megoreodon Schultz and Falkenbach 1954 (oreodont)
Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 48061
Full reference: C. B. Schultz and C. H. Falkenbach. 1954. Desmatochoerinae, a new subfamily of oreodonts. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 105(2)
Parent taxon: Promerycochoerinae according to M. S. Stevens and J. B. Stevens 2007
Sister taxa: Desmatochoerus, Promerycochoerus
Subtaxa: Megoreodon fricki, Megoreodon grandis
Type: Megoreodon fricki
Ecology: scansorial insectivore