†Aletomeryx marslandensis Frick 1937 (ruminant)
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Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Palaeomerycidae
Full reference: C. Frick. 1937. Horned ruminants of North America. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 69:1-669
Belongs to Aletomeryx according to D. R. Prothero and M. R. Liter 2008
See also Frick 1937 and Prothero and Liter 2007
Sister taxa: Aletomeryx gracilis, Aletomeryx occidentalis, Blastomeryx pristinus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Marsland, which is in a Hemingfordian/Hemingfordian terrestrial horizon in the Runningwater Formation of Nebraska
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (2: Nebraska collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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