Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Palaeomerycidae
Full reference: M. F. Skinner, S. M. Skinner, and R. J. Gooris. 1977. Stratigraphy and biostratigraphy of late Cenozoic deposits in central Sioux County, western Nebraska. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 158(5):263-370
Parent taxon: Cranioceratini according to D. R. Prothero and M. R. Liter 2008
See also Janis and Manning 1998, Prothero and Liter 2007 and Skinner et al. 1977
Sister taxa: Barbouromeryx, Cranioceras, Pediomeryx, Procranioceras, Yumaceras
Subtaxa: Bouromeryx americanus Bouromeryx submilleri
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Hemphillian of United States (1: Colorado collection)
• Miocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan), United States (37: California, Colorado, Florida, Nebraska, Nevada, Oregon, Texas, Wyoming)
Total: 39 collections including 40 occurrences
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