Leptomeryx
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Leptomeryx Temporal range: middle Eocene to Late Oligocene |
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| Skeleton, Paleontology Museum of Zurich | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | †Leptomerycidae |
| Subfamily: | †Leptomerycinae |
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†Leptomeryx Leidy, 1853 |
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| †Leptomeryx evansi |
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Leptomeryx is an extinct genus of ruminant of the family Leptomerycidae, endemic to North America during the Eocene through Oligocene 38—24.8 Mya, existing for approximately 13.2 million years.
Leptomeryx was named by Leidy (1853). Its type is Leptomeryx evansi. It was assigned to Leptomerycinae by Matthew (1908); to Hypertragulidae by Cook (1934); and to Leptomerycidae by Leidy (1853) and then by Carroll (1988).
Leptomeryx was a small deer-like ruminant with somewhat slender body.
Four specimens were examined by Legendre and Roth for body mass.
Sites and species recovered:
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