Merycoides

{{Short description|Extinct genus of mammals}}

{{Automatic Taxobox

| name = Merycoides

| image = Skull of Merycoides cursor.jpg

| image_caption = Merycoides cursor

| fossil_range = Late Oligocene

| taxon = Merycoides

| authority = Douglass (1907)

| type_species = †Merycoides cursor

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = see text

| synonyms =

• †Paramerychyus Schultz and Falkenbach 1947

}}

Merycoides is an extinct genus of oreodont of the subfamily Merycoidodontinae endemic to North America. It lived during the Oligocene to Late Miocene, 30.8—16.0 mya, existing for approximately {{Mya|31-16|million years}}.[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=42510 Merycoides at fossilworks] Fossils have been uncovered throughout the western U.S. as well as Florida.