- Leptomeryx
Taxobox
name = "Leptomeryx"
fossil_range = middleEocene to earlyMiocene Webb, 1998, p. 474.]
regnum =Animal ia
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 ofruminant from the lateEocene to earlyMiocene ofNorth 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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