†family Dromomerycidae Frick 1937 (ruminant)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Dromomerycidae

Alternative spelling: Dromomerycinae

Parent taxon: Cervoidea according to I. M. Sánchez et al. 2015

See also Hulbert and Whitmore 2006, Janis and Manning 1998, Prothero and Liter 2007 and Prothero and Liter 2008

Sister taxa: Amphiprox, Boreameryx, Cervidae, Lagomerycidae

Subtaxa: Cranioceratini Dromomerycini

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Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution:

• Pliocene of United States (1: North Carolina collection)

• Hemphillian of United States (26: Alabama, California, Colorado, Florida, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas)

• Miocene of Canada (10: Saskatchewan), United States (173: California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Wyoming)

• Harrisonian of United States (5: Nebraska, Oregon)

Total: 215 collections including 242 occurrences

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