†family Gelocidae Schlosser 1886 (ruminant)
Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Gelocidae
Parent taxon: Traguloidea according to I. A. Vislobokova 2001
See also Carroll 1988, Hulbert and Whitmore 2006, Matthew 1908, Webb 2008 and Webb and Taylor 1980
Sister taxon: Archaeomerycidae
Subtaxa: Gelocus Gobiomeryx Paragelocus Phaneromeryx Pseudoceratinae Pseudogelocus Pseudomeryx
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution:
• Hemphillian of Honduras (1 collection), United States (12: Alabama, Florida, Nebraska, Texas)
• Miocene of United States (23: Florida, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Texas)
• Oligocene of China (3), Czechia (2), France (8), Germany (2), Mongolia (19), Pakistan (1)
• Eocene of China (1), Germany (1), Switzerland (1)
Total: 74 collections including 81 occurrences