†subfamily Aletomerycinae Frick 1937 (ruminant)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Palaeomerycidae

Parent taxon: Palaeomerycidae according to D. R. Prothero and M. R. Liter 2007

See also Prothero and Liter 2008

Sister taxa: Amphitragulus, Germanomeryx, Heterocemas, Palaeomerycinae, Palaeomeryx, Procervulus, Xenokeryx

Subtaxa: Aletomerycini Aletomeryx Diabolocornis Sinclairomeryx

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Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution:

• Miocene of Canada (2: Saskatchewan collections), United States (24: California, Florida, Nebraska, Nevada, Wyoming)

• Harrisonian of United States (2: Nebraska)

Total: 28 collections each including a single occurrence

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