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 quadratus
Type specimen: No. HC502, a mandible (part of a right lower jaw). Its type locality is Monroe Creek (Cook Collection), which is in a Monroecreekian terrestrial horizon in the Monroe Creek Formation of Nebraska.
Ecology: ground dwelling frugivore
Distribution: found only at Monroe Creek (Cook Collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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