Miniochoerus
Miniochoerus is an extinct genus of small oreodont endemic to North America. They lived during the Late Eocene to Early Oligocene 38–30.8 mya, existing for approximately 7 million years. Fossils have been found only in North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Montana, and Wyoming.
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| M. gracilis skeleton, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | †Merycoidodontidae |
| Subfamily: | †Miniochoerinae |
| Genus: | †Miniochoerus Schultz and Falkenbach, 1956 |
| Type species | |
| †Miniochoerus battlecreekensis | |
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