Hexobelomeryx

Hexobelomeryx Temporal range: Pliocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Antilocapridae
Genus:	† Hexobelomeryx
Species:	†H. fricki
Binomial name
†Hexobelomeryx fricki Furlong, 1941

Hexobelomeryx is an extinct genus of antilocaprid ungulate that lived in North America during the Pliocene epoch.

Palaeobiology

Palaeoecology

Dental mesowear and discriminant function analysis of Hexobelomeryx fricki fossilised tooth specimens from the Pliocene-aged site of San Miguel de Allende in Guanajuato show that they were mixed feeders or browsers. ^[1]

References

1. Carranza-Castañeda, Oscar; Jiménez-Hidalgo, Eduardo (December 2021). "Pliocene Antilocapridae (Mammalia: Artiodactyla) from San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, central Mexico". Journal of South American Earth Sciences . 112 103571. Bibcode:2021JSAES.11203571C. doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2021.103571 . Retrieved 5 November 2025– via Elsevier Science Direct.