Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Protoceratidae
Synonyms: Camelomeryx Scott 1898, Merycodesmus Scott 1898
Full reference: J. L. Wortman. 1898. The extinct Camelidae of North America and some associated forms. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 10(7):93-141
Parent taxon: Protoceratidae according to D. R. Prothero and J. A. Ludtke 2007
See also Alroy 2002, Carroll 1988, Gazin 1955, Golz 1976, Hay 1902, Ludtke and Prothero 2004, Peterson 1919, Prothero 1998 and Scott 1898
Sister taxa: Calops, Heteromeryx, Leptotragulinae, Leptotragulus, Poabromylus, Protoceratinae, Pseudoprotoceras, Synthetoceratinae, Toromeryx, Trigenicus
Subtaxa: Leptoreodon (Hesperomeryx) Leptoreodon edwardsi Leptoreodon golzi Leptoreodon leptolophus Leptoreodon major Leptoreodon marshi Leptoreodon pusillus Leptoreodon stocki
Type: Leptoreodon marshi
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Eocene of Canada (3: Saskatchewan collections), United States (61: California, Montana, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)
Total: 64 collections including 73 occurrences
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