Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Dromomerycidae
Alternative combinations: Cosoryx teres, Dicrocerus teres, Merycodus teres, Palaeomeryx teres
Synonyms: Cranioceras clarendonensis Frick 1937, Cranioceras dakotensis Frick 1937
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1874. Notes on the Santa Fé Marls, and Some of the Contained Vertebrate Fossils. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 26(2):147-152
Belongs to Cranioceras according to S. R. May 2019
See also Cope 1874, Cope 1875, Cope 1875, Frick 1937, Hay 1902, Janis and Manning 1998, Prothero and Liter 2007, Prothero and Liter 2008 and Webb 1969
Sister taxa: Cranioceras pawniensis, Cranioceras unicornis
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (7: California, New Mexico, Texas collections)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
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