Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Palaeomerycidae
Full reference: R. A. Stirton. 1936. A New Ruminant from the Hemphill Middle Pliocene of Texas. Journal of Paleontology 10(7):644-647
Parent taxon: Cranioceratini according to D. R. Prothero and M. R. Liter 2007
See also Hulbert and Whitmore 2006, Janis and Manning 1998, Prothero and Liter 2008 and Stirton 1936
Sister taxa: Barbouromeryx, Bouromeryx, Cranioceras, Procranioceras, Yumaceras
Subtaxa: Pediomeryx hemphillensis
Type: Pediomeryx hemphillensis
Ecology: ground dwelling browser-grazer
Distribution:
• Pliocene of United States (1: North Carolina collection)
• Hemphillian of United States (16: Alabama, California, Florida, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas)
• Miocene of United States (3: California, Nebraska)
Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence
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