Hylomeryx Peterson 1919 (even-toed ungulate)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Homacodontidae

Synonym: Sphenomeryx Peterson 1919

Full reference: O. A. Peterson. 1919. Report Upon the Material Discovered in the Upper Eocene of the Uinta Basin by Earl Douglas in the Years 1908-1909, and by O. A. Peterson in 1912. Annals of Carnegie Museum 12(2):40-168

Parent taxon: Homacodontidae according to J. M. Theodor et al. 2007

See also Carroll 1988, Gazin 1955, Gentry and Hooker 1988, McKenna and Bell 1997, Peterson 1919 and Stucky 1998

Sister taxa: Antiacodon, Asiohomacodon, Auxontodon, Bunomerycini, Bunomeryx, Gagadon, Hexacodus, Homacodon, Homacodontini, Limeryx, Mesomeryx, Microsus, Mytonomeryx, Pentacemylus, Texodon, Tsaganohyus

Subtaxa: Hylomeryx annectens Hylomeryx quadricuspis

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Type: Hylomeryx annectens

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

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

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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