Dromomeryx borealis Cope 1877 (ruminant)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Palaeomerycidae

Alternative combinations: Blastomeryx borealis, Palaeomeryx borealis

Synonyms: Dromomeryx pawniensis Frick 1937, Dromomeryx whitfordi Sinclair 1915

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1877. Descriptions of New Vertebrata from the Upper Tertiary Formations of the West. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 17:219-231

Belongs to Dromomeryx according to D. R. Prothero and M. R. Liter 2008

See also Cope 1877, Cope 1878, Douglass 1903, Douglass 1909, Frick 1937, Hay 1902, Janis and Manning 1998, Matthew 1904, Matthew 1909, Prothero and Liter 2007 and Sinclair 1915

Sister taxa: none

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (26: California, Colorado, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon collections)

Total: 26 collections each including a single occurrence

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