Pediomeryx
Appearance
Pediomeryx Temporal range:
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | †Dromomerycidae |
Tribe: | †Cranioceratini |
Genus: | †Pediomeryx Stirton, 1936 |
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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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