Boreameryx Dawson and Harington 2007 (ruminant)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla

Full reference: M. R. Dawson and C. R. Harington. 2007. Boreameryx, an unusual new artiodactyl (Mammalia) from the Pliocene of Arctic Canada and endemism in Arctic fossil mammal. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 44(5):585-592

Parent taxon: Cervoidea according to M. R. Dawson and C. R. Harington 2007

Sister taxa: Amphiprox, Cervidae, Dromomerycidae, Lagomerycidae

Subtaxa: Boreameryx braskerudi

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Type: Boreameryx braskerudi

Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

Distribution: found only at Strathcona Fiord (Pliocene of Northwest Territories)

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