Biology:Pediomeryx

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Short description: Extinct genus of deer

Pediomeryx
Temporal range: Late Miocene
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Dromomerycidae
Tribe: Cranioceratini
Genus: Pediomeryx
Stirton, 1936
Species
  • P. figginsi
  • P. hamiltoni
  • P. hemphillensis
  • P. ruminalis
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Range of Pediomeryx based on fossil distribution

Pediomeryx is an extinct genus of artiodactyl, of the family Dromomerycidae, endemic to North America. It lived during the Late Miocene 10.3—4.9 Ma, existing for approximately 5 million years.[1] Fossils have been recovered from the Midway Site in Florida, the Gray Fossil Site in northeast Tennessee , several sites in Nebraska and Wyoming, Saskatchewan, and Boron, California. They were comparable in size to red deer, with most specimens weighing 100-200 kg but surpassing 400 kg in the case of P. figginsi.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7159290 entry