Hypertragulus quadratus Cook 1934 (ruminant)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Hypertragulidae

Full reference: H. J. Cook. 1934. New artiodactyls from the Oligocene and Lower Miocene of Nebraska. American Midland Naturalist 15(2):148-165

Belongs to Hypertragulus according to H. J. Cook 1934

Sister taxa: Hypertragulus calcaratus, Hypertragulus chadronensis, Hypertragulus crawfordensis, Hypertragulus dakotensis, Hypertragulus heikeni, Hypertragulus hesperius, Hypertragulus minor, Hypertragulus minutus, Hypertragulus planiceps, Hypertragulus sequens

Type specimen: No. HC590, a maxilla (left maxilla with M1-M3). Its type locality is Northeast of Harrison, which is in a Whitneyan terrestrial horizon in the Brule Formation of Nebraska.

Ecology: ground dwelling frugivore

Distribution: found only at Northeast of Harrison

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