Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Hypertragulidae
Full reference: I. Ferrusquia-Villafranca. 1969. Rancho Gaitan Local Fauna, Early Chadronian, Northeastern Chihuahua. BoletÃn de la Sociedad Geologica Mexicana 33(2):99-138
Belongs to Hypertragulus according to I. Ferrusquia-Villafranca 1969
See also Alroy 2002 and Vislobokova 2001
Sister taxa: Hypertragulus calcaratus, Hypertragulus chadronensis, Hypertragulus crawfordensis, Hypertragulus dakotensis, Hypertragulus hesperius, Hypertragulus minor, Hypertragulus minutus, Hypertragulus planiceps, Hypertragulus quadratus, Hypertragulus sequens
Type specimen: IGM 65-39, a mandible (both mandible rami with p1-m3,). Its type locality is Rancho Gaitan, which is in a Chadronian terrestrial horizon in the Preitos Formation of Mexico.
Ecology: ground dwelling frugivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Mexico (1 collection), United States (1: Texas)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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