Dromomeryx is an extinct genus of Artiodactyla, of the family Dromomerycidae, endemic to North America.[1]

Dromomeryx
Temporal range: Miocene
Dromomeryx borealis fossils
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Dromomerycidae
Subfamily: Dromomerycinae
Genus: Dromomeryx
Douglass, 1909
D. borealis skull
Restoration of Aepycamelus and Dromomeryx (background)

References

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  1. ^ Semprebon, G.; Janis, C.; Solounias, N. (2004). "The diets of the Dromomerycidae (Mammalia: Artiodactyla) and their response to Miocene vegetational change". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 24 (2): 427. doi:10.1671/2431. S2CID 85857758.