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Pediomeryx

Mammalia - Palaeomerycidae

Taxonomy

Pediomeryx was named by Stirton (1936). It is not extant. Its type is Pediomeryx hemphillensis.

It was assigned to Dromomerycidae by Stirton (1936) and Janis and Manning (1998); to Dromomerycinae by Hulbert and Whitmore (2006); and to Cranioceratini by Prothero and Liter (2007) and Prothero and Liter (2008).

Species

P. hemphillensis (syn. Yumaceras falkenbachi, Procoileus edensis) (type species)

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1936	Pediomeryx Stirton
1998	Pediomeryx Janis and Manning
2006	Pediomeryx Hulbert and Whitmore p. 12
2007	Pediomeryx Prothero and Liter p. 248
2008	Pediomeryx Prothero and Liter

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia

Rank	Name	Author
—	Theriamorpha	(Rowe 1993)
—	Theriiformes	()
—	Trechnotheria
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Boreoeutheria
—	Laurasiatheria
—	Scrotifera
—	Euungulata
—	Artiodactylamorpha
—	Artiodactyla	()
—	Ruminantiamorpha
—	Ruminantia	(Scopoli 1777)
—	Pecora	()
superfamily	Cervoidea
family	Palaeomerycidae	Lydekker 1883
subfamily	Dromomerycinae	(Frick 1937)
tribe	Cranioceratini	Frick 1937
genus	Pediomeryx

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Pediomeryx Stirton 1936

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†Pediomeryx hemphillensis Stirton 1936

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Invalid names: Procoileus edensis Frick 1937 [synonym], Yumaceras falkenbachi Frick 1937 [synonym]

Diagnosis

Reference	Diagnosis
D. R. Prothero and M. R. Liter 2008	Similar to Yumaceras but with more hypsodont cheek teeth and smaller size (modified from Janis and Manning, 1998, p. 486).