Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Palaeomerycidae
Parent taxon: Dromomerycinae according to D. R. Prothero and M. R. Liter 2008
See also Prothero and Liter 2007
Sister taxon: Dromomerycini
Subtaxa: Barbouromeryx Bouromeryx Cranioceras Pediomeryx Procranioceras Yumaceras
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Pliocene of United States (1: North Carolina collection)
• Hemphillian of United States (25: Alabama, California, Colorado, Florida, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas)
• Miocene of Canada (10: Saskatchewan), United States (119: California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Washington, Wyoming)
• Harrisonian of United States (3: Nebraska)
Total: 158 collections including 162 occurrences