Simimeryx hudsoni Stock 1934 (ruminant)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Praetragulidae

Full reference: C. Stock. 1934. A hypertragulid from the Sespe Uppermost Eocene, California. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 20(12):625-629

Belongs to Simimeryx according to I. A. Vislobokova 2001

See also Gazin 1955 and Stock 1934

Sister taxon: Simimeryx minutus

Type specimen: CIT 1764, a maxilla (xght maxilla with P2 to M3). Its type locality is Pearson Ranch (Bed CS20), which is in a Duchesnean terrestrial horizon in the Sespe Formation of California.

Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (14: California collections)

Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence

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