Merycodontinae

{{Short description|Extinct subfamily of mammals}}

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| image = Merycodus.jpg

| image_caption = Merycodus

| taxon = Merycodontinae

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| subdivision = Cosoryx

Merriamoceros

Merycodus

Paracosoryx

Ramoceros

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Merycondontinae is a subfamily of pronghorn that arose during the middle of the Miocene and became extinct by the end of that period.

File:Merycodus osborni.jpg and Cosoryx]]

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.{{cite book |last1=Janis |first1=Kathleen M. |title=Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America: Volume 1, Terrestrial Carnivores, Ungulates, and Ungulate Like Mammals |date=1998 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |page=496}}{{cite book |last1=Prothero |first1=Donald R. |title=The Evolution of Artiodactyls |date=2007 |publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press |isbn=9780801887352 |page=232}}