Leptomeryx

Leptomeryx
Temporal range: middle Eocene to Late Oligocene
Leptomeryx 1.JPG
Skeleton, Paleontology Museum of Zurich
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Leptomerycidae
Subfamily: Leptomerycinae
Genus: Leptomeryx
Leidy, 1853
Type species
Leptomeryx evansi
Species
  • L. blacki
  • L. evansi
  • L. mammifer
  • L. obliquidens
  • L. speciosus
  • L. yoderi

Leptomeryx is an extinct genus of ruminant of the family Leptomerycidae, endemic to North America during the Eocene through Oligocene 38–24.8 Mya, existing for approximately 13.2 million years. It was a small deer-like ruminant with somewhat slender body.

Mounted skeleton
L. evansi

Fossil distribution

Sites and species recovered:



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