†Hendryomeryx defordi Wilson 1974

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Leptomerycidae

Alternative combination: Leptomeryx defordi

Synonym: Hidrosotherium transpecoensis Wilson 1974

Full reference: J. A. Wilson. 1974. Early Tertiary Vertebrate Faunas, Vieja Group and Buck Hill Group, Trans-Pecos Texas: Protoceratidae, Camelidae, Hypertragulidae. Bulletin of the Texas Memorial Museum 23:1-24

Belongs to Hendryomeryx according to D. R. Prothero 1996

See also Black 1978, Heaton and Emry 1996, Vislobokova 2001, Wilson 1974 and Wilson and Stevens 1986

Sister taxon: Hendryomeryx wilsoni

Type specimens:

  • Hendryomeryx defordi: Its type locality is Big Red Horizon (Main Fossil Level), which is in a Duchesnean terrestrial horizon in the Chambers Tuff Formation of Texas
  • Hidrosotherium transpecoensis:

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (5: Montana, Texas collections)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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