Mesoreodon
Sign in to saveMesoreodon is an extinct genus of terrestrial herbivore of the family Merycoidodontidae, subfamily Merycoidodontinae (the oreodonts), endemic to North America during the Whitneyan stage of the Oligocene-Miocene epochs (33—20.6 mya) existing for approximately .
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Mesoreodon is an extinct genus of terrestrial herbivore of the family Merycoidodontidae, subfamily Merycoidodontinae (the oreodonts), endemic to North America during the Whitneyan stage of the Oligocene-Miocene epochs (33—20.6 mya) existing for approximately .
== Taxonomy == left|thumb|188x188px|Fossil skull of M. chelonyx, the type species The following fossil species are known: M. chelonyx Scott, 1893 (type species) - Oligocene/Early Miocene (Arikareean) of the western United States (Idaho, Nebraska, Montana, Wyoming) M. floridensis MacFadden & Morgan, 2003 - Late Oligocene of Florida, US (Parachucla Formation) M. minor Douglass, 1903 - Oligocene/Early Miocene (Arikareean to Harrisonian) of the western United States (Oregon, Idaho, Nebraska, South Dakota, Montana, Wyoming)