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Leptomeryx
Taxonomy
Leptomeryx was named by Leidy (1853).
It was assigned to Cervidae by Leidy (1873); to Oreodontidae by Cope (1891); to Tragulidae by Lambe (1908); to Leptomerycinae by Hay (1902), Matthew (1908) and Scott (1940); to Hypertragulidae by Cook (1934) and Johnson (1966); and to Leptomerycidae by Leidy (1853), Ferrusquia-Villafranca (1969), Carroll (1988), Vislobokova (2001), Lofgren et al. (2020) and Korth et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Cervidae by Leidy (1873); to Oreodontidae by Cope (1891); to Tragulidae by Lambe (1908); to Leptomerycinae by Hay (1902), Matthew (1908) and Scott (1940); to Hypertragulidae by Cook (1934) and Johnson (1966); and to Leptomerycidae by Leidy (1853), Ferrusquia-Villafranca (1969), Carroll (1988), Vislobokova (2001), Lofgren et al. (2020) and Korth et al. (2022).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1853 | Leptomeryx Leidy |
| 1873 | Trimerodus Cope |
| 1873 | Leptomeryx Leidy p. 317 |
| 1891 | Leptomeryx Cope p. 22 |
| 1902 | Leptomeryx Hay p. 671 |
| 1908 | Leptomeryx Lambe |
| 1908 | Leptomeryx Matthew p. 561 |
| 1934 | Leptomeryx Cook p. 153 |
| 1940 | Leptomeryx Scott p. 537 |
| 1966 | Leptomeryx Johnson p. 80 |
| 1969 | Leptomeryx Ferrusquia-Villafranca |
| 1988 | Leptomeryx Carroll |
| 2001 | Leptomeryx Vislobokova p. S134 |
| 2020 | Leptomeryx Lofgren et al. |
| 2022 | Leptomeryx Korth et al. |
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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. †Leptomeryx Leidy 1853
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†Leptomeryx antecedens Cook 1934
†Leptomeryx blacki Stock 1949
†Leptomeryx elissae Korth and Diamond 2002
†Leptomeryx evansi Leidy 1853
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Invalid names: Leptomeryx lenis Cook 1934 [synonym], Trimerodus cedrensis Cope 1873 [synonym]
†Leptomeryx mammifer Cope 1885
†Leptomeryx significans Russell 1954
†Leptomeryx speciosus Lambe 1908
†Leptomeryx yoderi Schlaikjer 1935
Invalid names: Trimerodus Cope 1873 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available