Heteromeryx
Heteromeryx Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | †Protoceratidae |
Genus: | †Heteromeryx Matthew 1905 |
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Heteromeryx is an extinct genus of artiodactyl, of the family Protoceratidae, endemic to North America. They lived during the Late Eocene 37.2—33.9 Ma, existing for approximately 3 million years.[1] They resembled deer, but were more closely related to camelids.
Fossil distribution[]
Fossils have been recovered from:
- Big Red Horizon Site, Presidio County, Texas[2]
- Dirty Creek Ridge Site, Sioux County, Nebraska
- French Creek Site, Custer County, South Dakota
References[]
- ^ Heteromeryx at fossilworks
- ^ J. A. Wilson. 1974. Texas Memorial Museum Bulletin 23
Categories:
- Protoceratids
- Priabonian genus extinctions
- Eocene even-toed ungulates
- Eocene mammals of North America
- Fossil taxa described in 1905
- Prehistoric even-toed ungulate genera
- Prehistoric even-toed ungulate stubs