Leptomeryx esulcatus Cope 1889 (ruminant)

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 evansi, Leptomeryx exilis, Leptomeryx mammifer, Leptomeryx obliquidens, Leptomeryx semicinctus, Leptomeryx significans, Leptomeryx speciosus, Leptomeryx yoderi

Ecology: ground dwelling frugivore

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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