Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Palaeomerycidae
Alternative spelling: Dromomerycidae
Parent taxon: Palaeomerycidae according to D. R. Prothero and M. R. Liter 2008
See also Hulbert and Whitmore 2006, Janis and Manning 1998 and Prothero and Liter 2007
Sister taxa: Aletomerycinae, Amphitragulus, Palaeomerycinae, Palaeomeryx, Xenokeryx
Subtaxa: Cranioceratini Dromomerycini
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Pliocene of United States (1: North Carolina collection)
• Hemphillian of United States (26: Alabama, California, Colorado, Florida, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas)
• Miocene of Canada (10: Saskatchewan), United States (172: California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Wyoming)
• Harrisonian of United States (5: Nebraska, Oregon)
Total: 214 collections including 238 occurrences