The Merycondontinae were small, slightly built, fast-running ungulates. Both males and females were horned.
The genera Meryceros and Submeryceros are generally regarded as synonymous with Merycodus.[1][2]
References
^Janis, Kathleen M. (1998). Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America: Volume 1, Terrestrial Carnivores, Ungulates, and Ungulate Like Mammals. Cambridge University Press. p. 496.
^Prothero, Donald R. (2007). The Evolution of Artiodactyls. Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 232. ISBN9780801887352.
Byers, John A.; American Pronghorn: Social Adaptations & the Ghosts of Predators Past; University of Chicago Press; 1998