Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Leptomerycidae
Synonym: Trimerodus Cope 1873
Full reference: J. Leidy. 1853. [On leave granted, Dr. Leidy made the following coinmnunication]. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 6:392-394
Parent taxon: Leptomerycidae according to I. A. Vislobokova 2001
See also Alroy 2002, Carroll 1988, Cook 1934, Cope 1891, Ferrusquia-Villafranca 1969, Hay 1902, Johnson 1966, Korth et al. 2022, Lambe 1908, Leidy 1873, Lofgren et al. 2020, Matthew 1908 and Scott 1940
Sister taxa: Hendryomeryx, Pipestoneia, Pronodens, Pseudoparablastomeryx, Santuccimeryx
Subtaxa: Leptomeryx antecedens Leptomeryx blacki Leptomeryx esulcatus Leptomeryx evansi Leptomeryx exilis Leptomeryx mammifer Leptomeryx obliquidens Leptomeryx semicinctus Leptomeryx significans Leptomeryx speciosus Leptomeryx yoderi
Ecology: ground dwelling frugivore
Distribution:
• Harrisonian of United States (1: Nebraska collection)
• Arikareean of United States (2: Oregon, South Dakota)
• Oligocene of Canada (5: Saskatchewan), United States (41: Colorado, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming)
• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (3: Nebraska, Utah, Wyoming)
• Eocene of Canada (10: British Columbia, Saskatchewan), Mexico (1), United States (46: California, Colorado, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Wyoming)
Total: 109 collections including 141 occurrences
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