Biology:Pediomeryx
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Short description: Extinct genus of deer
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | †Dromomerycidae |
| Tribe: | †Cranioceratini |
| Genus: | †Pediomeryx Stirton, 1936 |
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Pediomeryx is an extinct genus of artiodactyl, of the family Palaeomerycidae, endemic to North America. It lived during the Late Miocene 10.3—4.9 Ma, existing for approximately 5 million years.[1] Fossils have been recovered from the Midway Site in Florida, Saskatchewan, Boron, California, and several sites in Nebraska and Wyoming. They were comparable in size to red deer, most specimens weighing between 100 and 200 kg, but surpassing 400 kg on the case of P. figginsi.[2]
References
- ↑ Pediomeryx at fossilworks
- ↑ David Lambert, W. (2006). "Functional Convergence of Ecosystems: Evidence from Body Mass Distributions of North American Late Miocene Mammal Faunas". Ecosystems (9): 97-118. doi:10.1007/s10021-005-0076-8. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/225741227_Functional_Convergence_of_Ecosystems_Evidence_from_Body_Mass_Distributions_of_North_American_Late_Miocene_Mammal_Faunas.
Wikidata ☰ Q7159290 entry
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