Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Hypertragulidae
Alternative combination: Hypertragulus ordinatus
Synonyms: Nanotragulus albanensis Frick 1937, Nanotragulus matthewi Cook 1934
Full reference: W. D. Matthew. 1907. A Lower Miocene fauna from South Dakota. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 23(9):169-219
Belongs to Nanotragulus according to W. D. Matthew 1926
See also Cook 1934, Frick 1937, Lull 1922, Macdonald 1963, Macdonald 1970, Matthew 1907, Vislobokova 2001 and Webb 1998
Sister taxa: Nanotragulus fontanus, Nanotragulus loomisi
Type specimens:
- Nanotragulus ordinatus: Its type locality is AMNH Rosebud 14, which is in a Harrisonian terrestrial horizon in the Harrison Formation of South Dakota
- Nanotragulus albanensis:
- Nanotragulus matthewi: No. HC332, a maxilla (part of a left maxilla with three molars). 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 (8: Nebraska, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming collections)
• Arikareean of United States (2: California, South Dakota)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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