Pediomeryx

Pediomeryx
Temporal range: Miocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Artiodactyla
Family:†Palaeomerycidae
Genus:†Pediomeryx
Stirton, 1936
Species
  • P. figginsi
  • P. hamiltoni
  • P. hemphillensis
  • P. ruminalis
Range of Pediomeryx based on fossil distribution

Pediomeryx is an extinct genus of Artiodactyla, of the family Palaeomerycidae, endemic to North America from the early Miocene epoch (Hemingfordian stage) 10.3—4.9 Ma, existing for approximately 5.4 million years.[1]

Taxonomy

Pediomeryx was named by Stirton (1936). It was assigned to Dromomerycidae by Stirton (1936) and Janis and Manning (1998); to Dromomerycinae by Hulbert and Whitmore (2006); and to Cranioceratini by Prothero and Liter (2007).[2][3][4]

Morphology

Body mass

A single fossil specimen of Pediomeryx was measured by M. Mendoza, C. M. Janis, and P. Palmqvist for body mass.[5]

  • Specimen 1: 251 kg (550 lb)

Fossil distribution

Fossils have been recovered from the Midway Site in Florida, Saskatchewan, Boron, California, and several sites in Nebraska and Wyoming.

References

  1. ↑ PaleoBiology Database: Pediomeryx, basic info
  2. ↑ R. A. Stirton. 1936. Journal of Paleontology 10(7)
  3. ↑ C. M. Janis and E. Manning. 1998. Dromomerycidae. In C. M. Janis, K. M. Scott, and L. L. Jacobs (eds.), Evolution of Tertiary mammals of North America 477-490
  4. ↑ D. R. Prothero and M. R. Liter. 2007. Family Palaeomerycidae. in D. R. Prothero and S. Foss (eds.), The Evolution of Artiodactyls 241-248
  5. ↑ M. Mendoza, C. M. Janis, and P. Palmqvist. 2006. Estimating the body mass of extinct ungulates: a study on the use of multiple regression. Journal of Zoology 270(1):90-10


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