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Aletomeryx

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Aletomeryx is an extinct genus of Artiodactyla, of the family Dromomerycidae, endemic to North America from the early Miocene epoch (Hemingfordian stage) 20.6—16.3 Ma, existing for approximately .

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Within Vinony's link graph, Aletomeryx is referenced by 14 other articles, and connects out to year, Animalia and North America.

It sits within the topics Dromomerycidae, Miocene Artiodactyla and Miocene mammals of North America.

Its subject is documented across 4 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassMammalia
  4. OrderArtiodactyla
  5. FamilyPalaeomerycidae

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
37
Family
Palaeomerycidae
Collections
UCMP, YPM, KU, UWYO
Recorded in
United States

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Palaeomerycidae
Image
Restoration of Aletomeryx gracilis.jpg
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taxon rank
genus
taxon name
Aletomeryx
start time
20600000-0
end time
16300000-0
Commons category
Aletomeryx
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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • Taxonomy
  • Fossil distribution
  • References

Aletomeryx is an extinct genus of Artiodactyla, of the family Dromomerycidae, endemic to North America from the early Miocene epoch (Hemingfordian stage) 20.6—16.3 Ma, existing for approximately .

==Taxonomy== left|thumb|Female skull, originally described as Blastomeryx marshi (now a synonym of Aletomeryx gracilis). thumb|left|19th century model Aletomeryx was named by Lull (1920). It is the type genus of Aletomerycinae, Aletomerycini. It was assigned to Dromomerycidae by Lull (1920) and Janis and Manning (1998); and to Aletomerycini by Prothero and Liter (2007).

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