Hypertragulus

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Hypertragulus Fossil range: Oligocene
Hypertragulus skull
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Order: Artiodactyla Family: Hypertragulidae Genus: Hypertragulus Cope, 1873
Species
H. calcaratus (syn. H. fontanus, H. tricostatus) H. chadronensis H. crawfordensis H. dakotensis H. heikeni H. hesperius H. minor H. minutus H. planiceps H. quadratus H. sequens

Hypertragulus is an extinct genus of mouse-deer belonging to the family Hypertragulidae. The genus was first described in 1873 by Edward Drinker Cope.

[edit] Distribution

Specimens have been found across the western United States, especially the John Day River in Oregon.

[edit] References

• http://data.gbif.org/occurrences/search.htm?c%5B0%5D.s=20&c%5B0%5D.p=0&c%5B0%5D.o=16295902
• http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=42591&is_real_user=0
• http://zipcodezoo.com/Key/Hypertragulus_Genus.asp

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