Biology:Leptomerycinae
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Short description: Extinct subfamily of mammals
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | †Leptomerycidae |
| Subfamily: | †Leptomerycinae Zittel, 1893 |
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Leptomerycinae is an extinct subfamily within the ruminant family Leptomerycidae. It contains three genera, Leptomeryx, Pronodens, and Pseudoparablastomeryx, which lived in North America during the Middle Eocene to Middle Miocene. Leptomeryx may also have occurred in Asia during the Early Oligocene.[1] Leptomerycines were primitive and ancient ruminants, resembling small deer or musk deer, although they were more closely related to modern chevrotains.
References
- ↑ McKenna, M. C.; Bell, S. K. (1997). Classification of Mammals: Above the Species Level. Columbia University Press. pp. 631. ISBN 978-0-231-11013-6.
Wikidata ☰ Q6528179 entry
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