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Revision as of 03:07, 18 November 2023
| Leptoreodon Temporal range:
Bartonian to Early Priabonian 40.7-37.2 Ma
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | †Protoceratidae |
| Genus: | †Leptoreodon Wortman 1898 |
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L. marshi Wortman 1898 | |
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Leptoreodon is an extinct genus of small Artiodactyla, of the family Protoceratidae, endemic to North America. It lived during the Late Eocene 40.4—37.2 Ma, existing for approximately 3 million years.[1] Leptoreodon resembled deer, but were more closely related to camelids.
Fossil distribution
Fossils have been recovered from:
- Devil's Graveyard Formation, Brewster County, Texas
- Webb County, Texas[2]
- Swift Current Creek, Cypress Hills Formation, Saskatchewan
References
- ^ Leptoreodon at fossilworks
- ^ J. W. Westgate. 1988. Biostratigraphic implications of the first Eocene land-mammal fauna from the North American coastal plain. Geology 16:995-998
Data related to Leptoreodon at Wikispecies
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