Biology:Dromomeryx

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Short description: Extinct genus of mammals

Dromomeryx
Temporal range: Miocene
Dromomeryx borealis.jpeg
Dromomeryx borealis fossils
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Dromomerycidae
Subfamily: Dromomerycinae
Genus: Dromomeryx
Douglass, 1909
Restoration of Aepycamelus and Dromomeryx (background)

Dromomeryx is an extinct genus of Artiodactyla, of the family Palaeomerycidae, endemic to North America.[1]

References

  1. Semprebon, G.; Janis, C.; Solounias, N. (2004). "The diets of the Dromomerycidae (Mammalia: Artiodactyla) and their response to Miocene vegetational change". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24 (2): 427. doi:10.1671/2431. 

Wikidata ☰ Q14637332 entry