Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae
Synonyms: Breameryx Furlong 1946, Dorcameryx
Parent taxon: Antilocaprinae according to C. M. Janis and E. Manning 1998
See also Alroy 2002, Bravo-Cuevas et al. 2013, Carroll 1988, Hesse 1935, Hibbard and Taylor 1960, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Lundelius 1972, Matthew 1904, Miller and Downs 1974 and Morgan and Morgan 1995
Sister taxa: Ceratomeryx, Hexobelomeryx, Osbornoceros, Ottoceros, Proantilocapra, Sphenophalos, Stockoceratini, Tetrameryx
Subtaxa: Capromeryx arizonensis Capromeryx furcifer Capromeryx gidleyi Capromeryx mexicana Capromeryx minor Capromeryx tauntonensis
Ecology: ground dwelling browser-grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Mexico (10 collections), United States (34: California, Florida, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Texas)
• Blancan of Mexico (1), United States (21: Arizona, California, Florida, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Texas, Washington)
• Miocene of United States (1: California)
Total: 67 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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