Leptoreodon

Leptoreodon; Temporal range: Late Eocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	†Protoceratidae
Genus:	†Leptoreodon; Wortman 1898
Species
	L. marshi Wortman 1898

Leptoreodon is an extinct genus of small Artiodactyla, of the family Protoceratidae, endemic to North America. It lived during the Late Eocene 40.4—37.2 Ma, existing for approximately 3 million years .[1] Leptoreodon resembled deer, but were more closely related to camelids.

Fossil distribution

Fossils have been recovered from:

Devil's Graveyard Formation, Brewster County, Texas
Webb County, Texas[2]
Swift Current Creek, Cypress Hills Formation, Saskatchewan

References

Leptoreodon at fossilworks
J. W. Westgate. 1988. Biostratigraphic implications of the first Eocene land-mammal fauna from the North American coastal plain. Geology 16:995-998

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[1] Leptoreodon at fossilworks

[2] J. W. Westgate. 1988. Biostratigraphic implications of the first Eocene land-mammal fauna from the North American coastal plain. Geology 16:995-998