Leptomeryx

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Leptomeryx
Fossil range: middle Eocene to early Miocene[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: †Leptomerycidae
Genus: †Leptomeryx
Leidy, 1853
Type species
†Leptomeryx evansi
Species[2]
  • †L. blacki
  • †L. evansi
  • †L. mammifer
  • †L. obliquidens
  • †L. speciosus
  • †L. yoderi

Leptomeryx is an extinct genus of ruminant from late Eocene some 35 million years ago of North America.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Webb, 1998, p. 474.
  2. ^ Webb, 1998, p.471.

[edit] References

  • Webb, S.D., 1998. Hornless ruminants. pp.463-476 in C.M. Janis, K.M. Scott, and L.L. Jacobs (eds.) Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America. Volume 1: Terrestrial Carnivores, Ungulates, and Ungulatelike Mammals. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. ISBN 0-521-35519-2
  • After the Dinosaurs: The Age of Mammals (Life of the Past) by Donald R. Prothero
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