Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Palaeomerycidae
Alternative spelling: Pediomeryx (Yumaceras)
Full reference: C. Frick. 1937. Horned ruminants of North America. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 69:1-669
Parent taxon: Cranioceratini according to D. R. Prothero and M. R. Liter 2008
See also Frick 1937, Janis and Manning 1998, Prothero and Liter 2007, Savage 1941, Tedford et al. 1987 and Webb 1983
Sister taxa: Barbouromeryx, Bouromeryx, Cranioceras, Pediomeryx, Procranioceras
Subtaxa: Yumaceras figginsi Yumaceras hamiltoni Yumaceras ruminalis
Type: Yumaceras figginsi
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Hemphillian of United States (8: Colorado, Florida, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas collections)
• Miocene of United States (2: California, Florida)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
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