Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Leptomerycidae
Synonym: Leptomeryx agatensis Cook 1934
Full reference: R. S. Lull. 1922. Primitive Pecora in Yale Museum. American Journal of Science 200
Belongs to Leptomeryx according to W. W. Korth and M. E. Diamond 2002
See also Cook 1934, Heaton and Emry 1996, Lull 1922, Matthew 1926, Vislobokova 2001 and Webb 1998
Sister taxa: Leptomeryx antecedens, Leptomeryx blacki, Leptomeryx elissae, Leptomeryx esulcatus, Leptomeryx evansi, Leptomeryx exilis, Leptomeryx mammifer, Leptomeryx semicinctus, Leptomeryx significans, Leptomeryx speciosus, Leptomeryx yoderi
Type specimens:
- Leptomeryx obliquidens: YPM 10541, a partial skull (Poorly preserved skull and jaws, with entire series of eheek teeth.). Its type locality is Hermosa (Oligocene), which is in a Whitneyan terrestrial horizon in the Brule Formation of South Dakota.
- Leptomeryx agatensis: No. HC500, a maxilla (left maxilla with P3 to M3). Its type locality is Syndyoceras Quarry, which is in a Harrisonian terrestrial horizon in the Harrison Formation of Nebraska.
Ecology: ground dwelling frugivore
Distribution:
• Harrisonian of United States (1: Nebraska collection)
• Oligocene of United States (1: South Dakota)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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