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Pediomeryx

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Pediomeryx
Temporal range: Late Miocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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
Range of Pediomeryx based on fossil distribution

Pediomeryx is an extinct genus of artiodactyl, of the family Palaeomerycidae, 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, Saskatchewan, Boron, California, and several sites in Nebraska and Wyoming.

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