Hexameryx

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Hexameryx
Fossil range: Pliocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Antilocapridae
Genus: Hexameryx
White, 1941
Species
  • H. simpsoni White, 1941 (type)

Hexameryx is an extinct genus of antilocaprid artiodactyl with six horns, from the Pliocene of the United States.


[edit] Sources

  • Late Cretaceous and Cenozoic Mammals of North America: Biostratigraphy and Geochronology by Michael O. Woodburne
  • Pleistocene Mammals of North America by Bjýýrn Kurtýýn and Elaine Anderson
  • Florida's Fossils: Guide to Location, Identification and Enjoyment by Robin C. Brown
  • Horns, Tusks, and Flippers: The Evolution of Hoofed Mammals by Donald R. Prothero and Robert M. Schoch

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