Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Leptomerycidae
Alternative combination: Pseudoprotoceras semicinctus
Synonyms: Heteromeryx transversus Cope 1889, Hypertragulus transversus Cope 1889
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1889. The Vertebrata of the Swift Current River, II. The American Naturalist 23(267):151-155
Belongs to Leptomeryx according to W. B. Scott 1940
See also Cope 1889, Cope 1891, Emry and Storer 1981, Hay 1902, Lambe 1908, Prothero 1998, Vislobokova 2001 and Wilson 1974
Sister taxa: Leptomeryx antecedens, Leptomeryx blacki, Leptomeryx elissae, Leptomeryx esulcatus, Leptomeryx evansi, Leptomeryx exilis, Leptomeryx mammifer, Leptomeryx obliquidens, Leptomeryx significans, Leptomeryx speciosus, Leptomeryx yoderi
Ecology: ground dwelling frugivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Canada (3: Saskatchewan collections), United States (1: Wyoming)
Total: 4 collections including 5 occurrences
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