Hypertragulus
Appearance
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 |
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Range ofHypertragulusbased on fossil record |
Hypertragulusis an extinct genus ofhypertragulidruminant endemic toNorth America.It lived from the LateEoceneto the MiddleMiocene,living37.2 to 16million years ago,existing for approximately21.2million years.[1]
Hypertraguluswere primitive and ancientruminants,resembling smalldeerormusk deer,although they were more closely related to modernchevrotains.Its diet is stated[by whom?]to be that of afrugivore.
Species
[edit]- H. calcaratus
- H. chadronensis
- H. crawfordensis
- H. dakotensis
- H. heikeni
- H. hesperius
- H. minor
- H. minutus
- H. planiceps
- H. quadratus
- H. sequens
Fossil distribution
[edit]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