Hexameryx
Appearance
Hexameryx Temporal range: Pliocene
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Antilocapridae |
Genus: | †Hexameryx White, 1941 |
Species: | †H. simpsoni
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Binomial name | |
†Hexameryx simpsoni White, 1941
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Hexameryx is an extinct monospecific genus of the artiodactyl family Antilocapridae endemic to North America.[1] It lived during the Pliocene epoch 5.3—4.9 mya. It had six well-forked horns.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ Webb, S. David (February 1973). "Pliocene Pronghorns of Florida". Journal of Mammalogy. 54 (1): 203–221. doi:10.2307/1378880. JSTOR 1378880. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
- Late Cretaceous and Cenozoic Mammals of North America: Biostratigraphy and Geochronology by Michael O. Woodburne
- Pleistocene Mammals of North America by Bjýýrn Kurtýýn and Elaine Anderson
- Florida's Fossils: Guide to Location, Identification and Enjoyment by Robin C. Brown
- Horns, Tusks, and Flippers: The Evolution of Hoofed Mammals by Donald R. Prothero and Robert M. Schoch
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