Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Palaeomerycidae
Full reference: W. J. Sinclair. 1915. Additions to the Fauna of the Lower Pliocene Snake Creek Beds (Results of the Princeton University 1914 Expedition to Nebraska). Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 54(217):73-95
Parent taxon: Dromomerycini according to D. R. Prothero and M. R. Liter 2008
See also Alroy 2002, Janis and Manning 1998 and Prothero and Liter 2007
Sister taxa: Dromomeryx, Rakomeryx, Subdromomeryx
Subtaxa: Drepanomeryx (Drepanomeryx) Drepanomeryx (Matthomeryx) Drepanomeryx falciformis
Type: Drepanomeryx falciformis
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Hemphillian of United States (1: Colorado collection)
• Miocene of United States (4: Nebraska, Texas)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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