Mediochoerus is an extinct genus of oreodont of the family Merycoidodontidae, subfamily Merycoidodontinae, endemic to North America during the Early Miocene-Middle Miocene subepochs (20.6—13.6 mya), existing for approximately .PaleoBiology Database: Mediochoerus, basic info
Taxonomy Mediochoerus was named by Schultz and Falkenbach (1941) and assigned to Merycoidodontidae by Schultz and Falkenbach (1941) and Lander (1998).B. Lander. 1998. Oreodontoidea. In C. M. Janis, K. M. Scott, and L. L. Jacobs (eds.), Evolution of Tertiary mammals of North America 402-425C. B. Schultz and C. H. Falkenbach. 1947. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 88
Fossil distribution Nebraska and California.
Species M. blicki (type species), M. johnsoni, M. mohavensis
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