Subdromomeryx

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Subdromomeryx
Temporal range: Miocene
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Restoration of Subdromomeryx antilopinus by Robert Bruce Horsfall
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Dromomerycidae
Subfamily: Dromomerycinae
Genus: Subdromomeryx
Scott, 1894

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

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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. S2CID   85857758.