''Aletomeryx'' is an extinct genus of Artiodactyla, of the family

Dromomerycidae The Dromomerycidae is an extinct family of Neogene ruminants belonging to the infraorder Pecora. Dromomerycids, known by two subfamilies, were endemic to North America from the later early Miocene up to the early Pliocene (~5 Ma), leaving no desc ...

, endemic to

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from the early Miocene epoch ( Hemingfordian stage) 20.6—16.3 Ma, existing for approximately .

Taxonomy

''Aletomeryx'' was named by Lull (1920). It is the type genus of Aletomerycinae, Aletomerycini. It was assigned to

by Lull (1920) and Janis and Manning (1998); and to Aletomerycini by Prothero and Liter (2007).D. R. Prothero and M. R. Liter. 2007. Family Palaeomerycidae. in D. R. Prothero and S. Foss (eds.), The Evolution of Artiodactyls 241-248

Fossil distribution

Fossils have been recovered from the

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in Florida, Saskatchewan, Boron, California, and several sites in Nebraska and Wyoming.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q4716516 Palaeomerycidae Miocene Artiodactyla Miocene mammals of North America Prehistoric Artiodactyla genera