Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Leptomerycidae
Alternative combination: Leptomeryx defordi
Synonym: Hidrosotherium transpecoensis Wilson 1974
Full reference: J. A. Wilson. 1974. Early Tertiary Vertebrate Faunas, Vieja Group and Buck Hill Group, Trans-Pecos Texas: Protoceratidae, Camelidae, Hypertragulidae. Bulletin of the Texas Memorial Museum 23:1-24
Belongs to Hendryomeryx according to D. R. Prothero 1996
See also Black 1978, Heaton and Emry 1996, Vislobokova 2001, Wilson 1974 and Wilson and Stevens 1986
Sister taxon: Hendryomeryx wilsoni
Type specimens:
- Hendryomeryx defordi: Its type locality is Big Red Horizon (Main Fossil Level), which is in a Duchesnean terrestrial horizon in the Chambers Tuff Formation of Texas
- Hidrosotherium transpecoensis:
Ecology: ground dwelling frugivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (5: Montana, Texas collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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