Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Leptomerycidae
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 Leptomeryx according to H. J. Cook 1934
See also Storer 1984
Sister taxa: Leptomeryx blacki, Leptomeryx elissae, Leptomeryx esulcatus, Leptomeryx evansi, Leptomeryx exilis, Leptomeryx mammifer, Leptomeryx obliquidens, Leptomeryx semicinctus, Leptomeryx significans, Leptomeryx speciosus, Leptomeryx yoderi
Type specimen: No. HC504, a mandible (left lower jaw). Its type locality is Northwest of Harrison (Chadron), which is in a Chadronian terrestrial horizon in the Chadron Formation of Nebraska.
Ecology: ground dwelling frugivore
Distribution: found only at Northwest of Harrison (Chadron)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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