Leptomeryx
Temporal range: middle Eocene to Late Oligocene[1]
Skeleton, Paleontology Museum of Zurich
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Leptomerycidae
Subfamily: Leptomerycinae
Genus: Leptomeryx
Leidy, 1853
Type species
Leptomeryx evansi
Species[2]
  • L. blacki
  • L. evansi
  • L. mammifer
  • L. obliquidens
  • L. speciosus
  • L. yoderi
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Leptomeryx is an extinct genus of ruminant of the family Leptomerycidae, endemic to North America during the Eocene through Oligocene 38–24.8 Mya, existing for approximately 13.2 million years. It was a small deer-like ruminant with somewhat slender body.

Mounted skeleton
L. evansi

Fossil distribution

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