Leptomeryx

Leptomeryx

Taxobox
name = "Leptomeryx"
fossil_range = middle Eocene to early MioceneWebb, 1998, p. 474.]
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Artiodactyla
familia = †Leptomerycidae
genus = †"Leptomeryx"
genus_authority = Leidy, 1853
type_species = †"Leptomeryx evansi"
subdivision_ranks = SpeciesWebb, 1998, p.471.]
subdivision =
* †"L. blacki"
* †"L. evansi"
* †"L. mammifer"
* †"L. obliquidens"
* †"L. speciosus"
* †"L. yoderi"

"Leptomeryx" is an extinct genus of ruminant from the late Eocene to early Miocene of North America.

Notes

References

* Webb, S.D., 1998. Hornless ruminants. pp.463-476 "in" C.M. Janis, K.M. Scott, and L.L. Jacobs ("eds.") "Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America. Volume 1: Terrestrial Carnivores, Ungulates, and Ungulatelike Mammals." Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. ISBN 0-521-35519-2
* "After the Dinosaurs: The Age of Mammals" (Life of the Past) by Donald R. Prothero


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