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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