Aletomeryx
| Aletomeryx Temporal range: 20.6–16.3 Ma | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Suborder: | Ruminantia |
| Family: | Palaeomerycidae |
| Genus: | Aletomeryx Lull (1920) |
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Aletomeryx is an extinct genus of Artiodactyla, of the family Palaeomerycidae, endemic to North America from the early Miocene epoch (Hemingfordian stage) 20.6—16.3 Ma, existing for approximately 4.3 million years.[1]
Taxonomy
Aletomeryx was named by Lull (1920). It is the type genus of Aletomerycinae, Aletomerycini. It was assigned to Dromomerycidae by Lull (1920) and Janis and Manning (1998); and to Aletomerycini by Prothero and Liter (2007).[2][3][4]
Fossil distribution
Fossils have been recovered from the Midway Site in Florida, Saskatchewan, Boron, California, and several sites in Nebraska and Wyoming.
References
- ↑ PaleoBiology Database: Aletomeryx, basic info
- ↑ R. S. Lull. 1920. American Journal of Science 200
- ↑ C. M. Janis and E. Manning. 1998. Dromomerycidae. In C. M. Janis, K. M. Scott, and L. L. Jacobs (eds.), Evolution of Tertiary mammals of North America 477-490
- ↑ D. R. Prothero and M. R. Liter. 2007. Family Palaeomerycidae. in D. R. Prothero and S. Foss (eds.), The Evolution of Artiodactyls 241-248
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