Miniochoerus

Miniochoerus
Temporal range:
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
Species

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Synonyms
  • Paraminiochoerus Schultz and Falkenbach, 1956
  • Parastenopsochoerus Schultz and Falkenbach, 1956
  • Platyochoerus Schultz and Falkenbach, 1956
  • Pseudostenopsochoerus Schultz and Falkenbach, 1956
  • Stenopsochoerus Schultz and Falkenbach, 1956

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.