Hypertragulus

Taxobox
name = "Hypertragulus"
fossil_range=Oligocene

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image_caption = "Hypertragulus" skull
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
class = Mammalia
ordo = Artiodactyla
familia = Hypertragulidae
genus = "Hypertragulus"
genus_authority = Cope, 1873
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
*"H. calcaratus" (syn. "H. fontanus", "H. tricostatus")
*"H. chadronensis
*"H. crawfordensis"
*"H. dakotensis"
*"H. heikeni"
*"H. hesperius"
*"H. minor"
*"H. minutus"
*"H. planiceps"
*"H. quadratus"
*"H. sequens"

"Hypertragulus" is an extinct genus of Chevrotain, or "Mouse deer", belonging to the family Hypertragulidae. The genus was first described in 1873 by Edward Drinker Cope.

Distribution

Specimens have been found across the western United States, especially the John Day River in Oregon.

References

* http://data.gbif.org/occurrences/search.htm?c%5B0%5D.s=20&c%5B0%5D.p=0&c%5B0%5D.o=16295902
* http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=42591&is_real_user=0
* http://zipcodezoo.com/Key/Hypertragulus_Genus.asp