Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Palaeomerycidae
Alternative combination: Barbouromeryx submilleri
Full reference: C. Frick. 1937. Horned ruminants of North America. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 69:1-669
Belongs to Bouromeryx according to D. R. Prothero and M. R. Liter 2008
See also Frick 1937, Janis and Manning 1998, Prothero and Liter 2007, Skinner et al. 1977 and Voorhies 1990
Sister taxon: Bouromeryx americanus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Greenside Quarry, which is in a Hemingfordian fluvial siltstone in the Sheep Creek Formation of Nebraska
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (10: California, Nebraska, Nevada, Oregon, Texas collections)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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