Rakomeryx Frick 1937 (ruminant)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Palaeomerycidae

Full reference: C. Frick. 1937. Horned ruminants of North America. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 69:1-669

Parent taxon: Dromomerycini 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: Drepanomeryx, Dromomeryx, Subdromomeryx

Subtaxa: Rakomeryx sinclairi

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Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (14: California, Florida, Nebraska, Oregon collections)

Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence

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