Heteromeryx

Heteromeryx
Temporal range:
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: †Protoceratidae
Genus: †
Matthew 1905
Species
  • Heteromeryx dispar

Heteromeryx is an extinct genus of artiodactyl, of the family Protoceratidae, endemic to North America. They lived during the Late Eocene 37.2—33.9 Ma, existing for approximately 3 million years.[1] They resembled deer, but were more closely related to camelids.

Its name comes from hetero (ἕτερος) "different' and meryx "ruminant".

Fossil distribution

Fossils have been recovered from:

References

  1. ^ Heteromeryx at fossilworks
  2. ^ J. A. Wilson. 1974. Texas Memorial Museum Bulletin 23


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