Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Leptomerycidae
Full reference: L. M. Lambe. 1908. The Vertebrata of the Oligocene of the Cypress Hills, Saskatchewan. Contributions to Canadian Palaeontology 3(4):1-65
Belongs to Leptomeryx according to W. B. Scott 1940
See also Lambe 1908 and Vislobokova 2001
Sister taxa: Leptomeryx antecedens, Leptomeryx blacki, Leptomeryx elissae, Leptomeryx esulcatus, Leptomeryx evansi, Leptomeryx exilis, Leptomeryx mammifer, Leptomeryx obliquidens, Leptomeryx semicinctus, Leptomeryx significans, Leptomeryx yoderi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Calf Creek, which is in a Chadronian terrestrial horizon in the Cypress Hills Formation of Canada
Ecology: ground dwelling frugivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (1: Wyoming collection)
• Eocene of Canada (4: Saskatchewan), United States (20: Colorado, Montana, Nebraska, Wyoming)
Total: 25 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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