†family Hypertragulidae Cope 1879 (ruminant)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Hypertragulidae

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1879. Observations on the faunae of the Miocene Tertiaries of Oregon. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey 5(2):55-69

Parent taxon: Hypertraguloidea according to I. A. Vislobokova 2001

See also Carroll 1988, Cook 1934, Ferrusquia-Villafranca 1969, Gregory 1910, Jaekel 1911, Johnson 1966, Lofgren et al. 2020, Matthew 1908 and Scott 1940

Sister taxa: Hypisodontidae, Praetragulidae

Subtaxa: Hypertragulinae Hypertragulus Nanotragulus

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Ecology: ground dwelling frugivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (2: Nebraska, Texas collections)

• Harrisonian of United States (14: California, Montana, Nebraska, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming)

• Arikareean of United States (21: California, Florida, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Wyoming)

• Oligocene of United States (63: California, Colorado, Florida, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington, Wyoming)

• Eocene to Oligocene of Mexico (1)

• Eocene of Mexico (1), United States (7: California, Nebraska, South Dakota, Texas)

Total: 109 collections including 116 occurrences

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