Leptoreodon
| Leptoreodon Temporal range:
Bartonian to Early Priabonian 40.7-37.2 Ma | |
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| Leptoreodon marshi | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | †Protoceratidae |
| Genus: | †Leptoreodon Wortman 1898 |
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Leptoreodon is an extinct genus of small artiodactyl, of the family Protoceratidae, endemic to North America. It lived during the Late Eocene 40.4—37.2 Ma, existing for approximately 3 million years.[1] Leptoreodon resembled deer, but were more closely related to camelids.
Fossil distribution
[edit]Fossils have been recovered from:
- Devil's Graveyard Formation, Brewster County, Texas
- Webb County, Texas[2]
- Swift Current Creek, Cypress Hills Formation, Saskatchewan
References
[edit]- ↑ Leptoreodon at fossilworks
- ↑ Westgate, J.W. (November 1988). "Biostratigraphic implications of the first Eocene land-mammal fauna from the North American coastal plain". Geology. 16 (11): 995–998. doi:10.1130/0091-7613(1988)016%3C0995:BIOTFE%3E2.3.CO;2.
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