Heteromeryx
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Heteromeryx Temporal range: Eocene |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | † |
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†Heteromeryx Matthew (1905) |
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Heteromeryx is an extinct genus of Artiodactyla, of the family , endemic to North America from the Eocene epoch (Duchesnean to Chadronian stage) 40.2—33.9 Ma, existing for approximately 6.3 million years.
Heteromeryx was named by Matthew (1905). Its type is Heteromeryx dispar. It was assigned to by Matthew (1905), Carroll (1988), Prothero (1998) and Prothero and Ludtke (2007).
Heteromeryx resembled deer. However they were more closely related to camelids. In addition to having horns in the more usual place, protoceratids had additional, rostral horns above the orbital cavity.
Three fossil specimens of Prosynthetoceras were measured by M. Mendoza, C. M. Janis, and P. Palmqvist for body mass.
Fossils have been recovered from:
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