Poabromylus
Poabromylus Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | †Protoceratidae |
Genus: | †Poabromylus Peterson 1931 |
Type species | |
Poabromylus kayi | |
Species | |
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Range of Poabromylus based on fossil record |
Poabromylus is an extinct genus of small artiodactyl, of the family Protoceratidae, endemic to North America. They lived during the Late Eocene 40.4—33.9 Ma, existing for approximately 6 million years.[1] They resembled deer but were more closely related to camelids.
Fossil distribution[]
Fossils have been recovered from:
- Big Red Horizon, Chambers Tuff Formation, Presidio County, Texas
- Titus Canyon, Titus Canyon Formation, Inyo County, California
- Titanothere Quarry, Duchesne River Formation, Uintah County, Utah
- Badwater Locality, Wagon Bed Formation, Natrona County, Wyoming
References[]
Categories:
- Eocene even-toed ungulates
- Protoceratids
- Priabonian genus extinctions
- Eocene mammals of North America
- Fossil taxa described in 1931
- Prehistoric even-toed ungulate genera
- Prehistoric even-toed ungulate stubs