Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Hypertragulidae
Synonym: Allomeryx Sinclair 1905
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1874. Supplementary additions to the Synopsis of New Vertebrata from the Territory of Colorado, 1873. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories 1(1):22-28
Parent taxon: Hypertragulidae according to I. A. Vislobokova 2001
See also Alroy 2002, Carroll 1988, Cook 1934, Cope 1891, Ferrusquia-Villafranca 1969, Frick 1937, Gazin 1955, Hay 1902, Johnson 1966, Lofgren et al. 2020, Matthew 1908, Merriam and Sinclair 1907, Scott 1940, Vislobokova 1998, Webb 1998 and Whistler and Lander 2003
Sister taxa: Hypertragulinae, Nanotragulus
Subtaxa: Hypertragulus calcaratus Hypertragulus chadronensis Hypertragulus crawfordensis Hypertragulus dakotensis Hypertragulus heikeni Hypertragulus hesperius Hypertragulus minor Hypertragulus minutus Hypertragulus planiceps Hypertragulus quadratus Hypertragulus sequens
Ecology: ground dwelling frugivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (1: Nebraska collection)
• Harrisonian of United States (1: California)
• Arikareean of United States (7: California, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oregon)
• Oligocene of United States (36: Colorado, Montana, Nebraska, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington, Wyoming)
• Eocene of Mexico (1), United States (4: California, Nebraska, Texas)
Total: 50 collections including 53 occurrences
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