Biology:Pediomeryx
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Short description: Extinct genus of deer
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | †Dromomerycidae |
| Tribe: | †Cranioceratini |
| Genus: | †Pediomeryx Stirton, 1936 |
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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
- ↑ Pediomeryx at fossilworks
- ↑ David Lambert, W. (2006). "Functional Convergence of Ecosystems: Evidence from Body Mass Distributions of North American Late Miocene Mammal Faunas". Ecosystems (9): 97-118. doi:10.1007/s10021-005-0076-8. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/225741227_Functional_Convergence_of_Ecosystems_Evidence_from_Body_Mass_Distributions_of_North_American_Late_Miocene_Mammal_Faunas.
Wikidata ☰ Q7159290 entry
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