Drepanomeryx Sinclair 1915 (ruminant)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Palaeomerycidae

Full reference: W. J. Sinclair. 1915. Additions to the Fauna of the Lower Pliocene Snake Creek Beds (Results of the Princeton University 1914 Expedition to Nebraska). Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 54(217):73-95

Parent taxon: Dromomerycini according to D. R. Prothero and M. R. Liter 2008

See also Alroy 2002, Janis and Manning 1998 and Prothero and Liter 2007

Sister taxa: Dromomeryx, Rakomeryx, Subdromomeryx

Subtaxa: Drepanomeryx (Drepanomeryx) Drepanomeryx (Matthomeryx) Drepanomeryx falciformis

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Type: Drepanomeryx falciformis

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution:

• Hemphillian of United States (1: Colorado collection)

• Miocene of United States (4: Nebraska, Texas)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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