Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Protoceratidae
Synonyms: Parameryx laevis Marsh 1894, Parameryx sulcatus Marsh 1894
Full reference: W. B. Scott and H. F. Osborn. 1887. Preliminary Report on the Vertebrate Fossils of the Uinta Formation, Collected by the Princeton Expedition of 1886. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 24(126):255-264
Belongs to Leptotragulus according to C. L. Gazin 1955
See also Hay 1902, Marsh 1894, Peterson 1919 and Scott and Osborn 1887
Sister taxa: Leptotragulus clarki, Leptotragulus medius, Leptotragulus ultimus
Type specimens:
- Leptotragulus proavus: PU 11501, a mandible (Anterior portion of the left ramus of a mandible with P4 and M1)
- Parameryx laevis:
- Parameryx sulcatus:
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (3: Utah collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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