Hypertragulus
Hypertragulus Temporal range:
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | †Hypertragulidae |
Genus: | †Hypertragulus Cope, 1874 |
Species | |
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Range of Hypertragulus based on fossil record |
Hypertragulus is an extinct genus of hypertragulid ruminant endemic to North America. It lived from the Late Eocene to the Middle Miocene, living 37.2 to 16 million years ago, existing for approximately 11 million years.[1]
Hypertragulus were primitive and ancient ruminants, resembling small deer or musk deer, although they were more closely related to modern chevrotains. Its diet is stated[by whom?] to be that of a frugivore.
Species[]
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Restoration of H. hesperius
- H. calcaratus
- H. chadronensis
- H. crawfordensis
- H. dakotensis
- H. heikeni
- H. hesperius
- H. minor
- H. minutus
- H. planiceps
- H. quadratus
- H. sequens
Fossil distribution[]
A partial list of fossil sites:
- Chihuahua, Mexico
- (Lower & Middle), Logan County, Colorado
- , Meagher County, Montana
- , San Diego County, California
- , Grant County, Oregon
References[]
Categories:
- Eocene even-toed ungulates
- Miocene even-toed ungulates
- Aquitanian genus extinctions
- Oligocene mammals of North America
- White River Fauna
- Eocene genus first appearances
- Prehistoric even-toed ungulate genera
- Prehistoric even-toed ungulate stubs