†Aletomeryx occidentalis Whistler 1984 (ruminant)
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Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Palaeomerycidae
Full reference: D. P. Whistler. 1984. Boron Local Fauna. Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 355:1-36
Belongs to Aletomeryx according to D. R. Prothero and M. R. Liter 2008
See also Prothero and Liter 2007 and Whistler 1984
Sister taxa: Aletomeryx gracilis, Aletomeryx marslandensis, Blastomeryx pristinus
Type specimen: UCMP V-310335, a mandible. Its type locality is Boron, which is in a Hemingfordian fluvial claystone/sandstone in the Kramer Beds Formation of California.
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer
Distribution: found only at Boron
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