Yumaceras ruminalis Stirton 1939 (ruminant)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Dromomerycidae

Alternative combination: Pediomeryx ruminalis

Full reference: R. A. Stirton. 1939. Cenozoic Mammal Remains From the San Francisco Bay Region. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 24(13):339-410

Belongs to Yumaceras according to D. R. Prothero and M. R. Liter 2007

See also Prothero and Liter 2008 and Stirton 1939

Sister taxa: Yumaceras figginsi, Yumaceras hamiltoni

Type specimen: Its type locality is UCMP V-3405, Norris Canyon, which is in a Miocene terrestrial horizon in California

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution: found only at UCMP V-3405, Norris Canyon

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