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Merycochoerus, the Glossary

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Merycochoerus (Greek: "ruminant" (merux)-like "swine" (khoiros)) is an extinct genus of oreodont of the family Merycoidodontidae, endemic to North America.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 15 relations: Canine tooth, Cud, Endemism, Extinction, Family (biology), Fossil, Genus, Herbivore, Joseph Leidy, Merycoidodontoidea, North America, Oligocene, Rupelian, United States, Year.

  2. Burdigalian genus extinctions
  3. Fossil taxa described in 1858
  4. Oligocene genus first appearances
  5. Oreodonts

Canine tooth

In mammalian oral anatomy, the canine teeth, also called cuspids, dogteeth, eye teeth, vampire teeth, or vampire fangs, are the relatively long, pointed teeth.

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Cud

Cud is a portion of food that returns from a ruminant's stomach to the mouth to be chewed for the second time.

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Endemism

Endemism is the state of a species only being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere.

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Extinction

Extinction is the termination of a taxon by the death of its last member.

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Family (biology)

Family (familia,: familiae) is one of the nine major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy.

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Fossil

A fossil (from Classical Latin) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age.

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Genus

Genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses.

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Herbivore

A herbivore is an animal anatomically and physiologically adapted to eating plant material, for example foliage or marine algae, for the main component of its diet.

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Joseph Leidy

Joseph Mellick Leidy (September 9, 1823 – April 30, 1891) was an American paleontologist, parasitologist and anatomist.

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Merycoidodontoidea

Merycoidodontoidea, previously known as "oreodonts" or "ruminating hogs," are an extinct superfamily of prehistoric cud-chewing artiodactyls with short faces and fang-like canine teeth. Merycochoerus and Merycoidodontoidea are Oreodonts.

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North America

North America is a continent in the Northern and Western Hemispheres.

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Oligocene

The Oligocene is a geologic epoch of the Paleogene Period and extends from about 33.9 million to 23 million years before the present (to). As with other older geologic periods, the rock beds that define the epoch are well identified but the exact dates of the start and end of the epoch are slightly uncertain.

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Rupelian

The Rupelian is, in the geologic timescale, the older of two ages or the lower of two stages of the Oligocene Epoch/Series.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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Year

A year is the time taken for astronomical objects to complete one orbit.

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See also

Burdigalian genus extinctions

Fossil taxa described in 1858

Oligocene genus first appearances

Oreodonts

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merycochoerus

Also known as Merycochoerus proprius, Promerycocherus, Superdesmatochoerus.