Aletomeryx
Sign in to saveAletomeryx is an extinct genus of Artiodactyla, of the family Dromomerycidae, endemic to North America from the early Miocene epoch (Hemingfordian stage) 20.6—16.3 Ma, existing for approximately .
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Within Vinony's link graph, Aletomeryx is referenced by 14 other articles, and connects out to year, Animalia and North America.
It sits within the topics Dromomerycidae, Miocene Artiodactyla and Miocene mammals of North America.
Its subject is documented across 4 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderArtiodactyla
- FamilyPalaeomerycidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 37
- Family
- Palaeomerycidae
- Collections
- UCMP, YPM, KU, UWYO
- Recorded in
- United States
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Palaeomerycidae
- Image
- Restoration of Aletomeryx gracilis.jpg
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- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon name
- Aletomeryx
- start time
- 20600000-0
- end time
- 16300000-0
- Commons category
- Aletomeryx
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Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
- Fossil distribution
- References
Aletomeryx is an extinct genus of Artiodactyla, of the family Dromomerycidae, endemic to North America from the early Miocene epoch (Hemingfordian stage) 20.6—16.3 Ma, existing for approximately .
==Taxonomy== left|thumb|Female skull, originally described as Blastomeryx marshi (now a synonym of Aletomeryx gracilis). thumb|left|19th century model Aletomeryx was named by Lull (1920). It is the type genus of Aletomerycinae, Aletomerycini. It was assigned to Dromomerycidae by Lull (1920) and Janis and Manning (1998); and to Aletomerycini by Prothero and Liter (2007).
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