Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Palaeomerycidae
Synonym: Dyseomeryx Stirton 1944
Full reference: R. S. Lull. 1920. An upper Carboniferous footprint from Attleboro, Massachusetts. American Journal of Science s4-50:234-236
Parent taxon: Aletomerycinae according to D. R. Prothero and M. R. Liter 2008
See also Janis and Manning 1998, Lull 1920, Prothero and Liter 2007 and Whistler 1984
Sister taxa: Aletomerycini, Diabolocornis, Sinclairomeryx
Subtaxa: Aletomeryx gracilis Aletomeryx marslandensis Aletomeryx occidentalis Blastomeryx pristinus
Type: Aletomeryx gracilis
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer
Distribution:
• Miocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan collection), United States (16: California, Florida, Nebraska, Nevada, Wyoming)
• Harrisonian of United States (2: Nebraska)
Total: 19 collections each including a single occurrence
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