Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Dromomerycidae
Full reference: C. Frick. 1937. Horned ruminants of North America. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 69:1-669
Parent taxon: Cranioceratini according to D. R. Prothero and M. R. Liter 2008
See also Frick 1937, Janis and Manning 1998 and Prothero and Liter 2007
Sister taxa: Bouromeryx, Cranioceras, Pediomeryx, Procranioceras, Yumaceras
Subtaxa: Barbouromeryx (Barbouromeryx) Barbouromeryx (Probarbouromeryx) Barbouromeryx (Protobarbouromeryx) Barbouromeryx cursor Barbouromeryx trigonocorneus
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Miocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan collection), United States (11: Colorado, Delaware, Nebraska, Oregon, South Dakota, Wyoming)
• Harrisonian of United States (3: Nebraska)
Total: 15 collections including 16 occurrences
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