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Leptotragulus
Taxonomy
Leptotragulus was named by Scott and Osborn (1887). Its type is Leptotragulus proavus. It is the type genus of Leptotragulinae.
It was assigned to Hypertragulidae by Peterson (1919); to Leptotragulinae by Hay (1902), Matthew (1908), Gazin (1955); and to Protoceratidae by Scott and Osborn (1887), Carroll (1988), Prothero (1998), Prothero and Ludtke (2007).
It was assigned to Hypertragulidae by Peterson (1919); to Leptotragulinae by Hay (1902), Matthew (1908), Gazin (1955); and to Protoceratidae by Scott and Osborn (1887), Carroll (1988), Prothero (1998), Prothero and Ludtke (2007).
Species
L. clarki, L. medius, L. proavus (syn. Parameryx sulcatus, Parameryx laevis) (type species), L. ultimus
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1887 | Leptotragulus Scott and Osborn |
| 1894 | Parameryx Marsh |
| 1902 | Leptotragulus Hay p. 674 |
| 1902 | Parameryx Hay p. 674 |
| 1908 | Leptotragulus Matthew p. 561 |
| 1919 | Leptotragulus Peterson p. 93 |
| 1955 | Leptotragulus Gazin p. 81 |
| 1988 | Leptotragulus Carroll |
| 1998 | Leptotragulus Prothero p. 433 |
| 2007 | Leptotragulus Prothero and Ludtke p. 172 |
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G. †Leptotragulus Scott and Osborn 1887
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†Leptotragulus clarki Gazin 1955
†Leptotragulus medius Peterson 1919
†Leptotragulus proavus Scott and Osborn 1887
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Invalid names: Parameryx laevis Marsh 1894 [synonym], Parameryx sulcatus Marsh 1894 [synonym]
†Leptotragulus ultimus Schlaikjer 1935
Invalid names: Parameryx Marsh 1894 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available