Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Leptomerycidae
Alternative combination: Hendryomeryx esulcatus
Synonym: Leptomeryx drummondanus Matthew 1926
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1889. The Vertebrata of the Swift Current River, II. The American Naturalist 23(267):151-155
Belongs to Leptomeryx according to W. B. Scott 1940
See also Cope 1889, Cope 1891, Frick 1937, Hay 1902, Heaton and Emry 1996, Lambe 1908, Storer 1981, Vislobokova 2001 and Webb 1998
Sister taxa: Leptomeryx antecedens, Leptomeryx blacki, Leptomeryx elissae, Leptomeryx evansi, Leptomeryx exilis, Leptomeryx mammifer, Leptomeryx obliquidens, Leptomeryx semicinctus, Leptomeryx significans, Leptomeryx speciosus, Leptomeryx yoderi
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (2: Colorado collections)
• Eocene of Canada (2: Saskatchewan), United States (4: Colorado, Nebraska, Wyoming)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
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