Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Leptomerycidae
Synonym: Hidrosotherium Wilson 1974
Full reference: C. C. Black. 1978. Paleontology and Geology of the Badwater Creek Area, Central Wyoming. Part 14. The Artiodactyls. Annals of Carnegie Museum 47(10):223-259
Parent taxon: Leptomerycidae according to I. A. Vislobokova 2001
See also Black 1978, Carroll 1988, Prothero 1996, Webb 1998 and Wilson 1974
Sister taxa: Leptomeryx, Pipestoneia, Pronodens, Pseudoparablastomeryx
Subtaxa: Hendryomeryx defordi Hendryomeryx wilsoni
Ecology: ground dwelling frugivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (1: Montana collection)
• Eocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan), United States (11: Montana, Texas, Wyoming)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
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