Merycodontinae | |
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Merycodus | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Antilocapridae |
Subfamily: | †Merycodontinae |
Genus | |
Cosoryx
Meryceros
Merycodus
Paracosoryx
Ramoceros
Submeryceros
Merycondontinae is a subfamily of pronghorn that arose during the middle of the Miocene and became extinct by the end of that period.
The Merycondontinae were small, slightly built, fast-running ungulates. Both males and females were horned.
Byers, John A.; American Pronghorn: Social Adaptations & the Ghosts of Predators Past; University of Chicago Press; 1998