Hypertragulus
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Hypertragulus Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | †Hypertragulidae |
Genus: | †Hypertragulus Cope, 1874 |
Species | |
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Range of Hypertragulus based on fossil record |
Hypertragulus is an extinct genus of hypertragulid ruminant endemic to North America. It lived from the Late Eocene to the Middle Miocene, living 37.2 to 16 million years ago, existing for approximately 21.2 million years.[1]
Hypertragulus were primitive and ancient ruminants, resembling small deer or musk deer, although they were more closely related to modern chevrotains. Its diet is stated[by whom?] to be that of a frugivore.
Species
- H. calcaratus
- H. chadronensis
- H. crawfordensis
- H. dakotensis
- H. heikeni
- H. hesperius
- H. minor
- H. minutus
- H. planiceps
- H. quadratus
- H. sequens
Fossil distribution
A partial list of fossil sites:
- Chihuahua, Mexico
- Cedar Creek Formation (Lower & Middle), Logan County, Colorado
- Fort Logan Formation, Meagher County, Montana
- Upper Pomerado Conglomerate Formation, San Diego County, California
- Turtle Cove Member of the John Day Formation, Grant County, Oregon
References
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- Eocene Artiodactyla
- Miocene Artiodactyla
- Aquitanian genus extinctions
- Oligocene mammals of North America
- White River Fauna
- Eocene genus first appearances
- Prehistoric Artiodactyla genera
- Taxa named by Edward Drinker Cope
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