Capromeryx
Capromeryx (dwarf pronghorn) was a genus of dwarf pronghorns (Antilocapridae) that originated in North America during the Pliocene about 5 million years ago (the exact range of their presence on the landscape is still not known, but the most recent fossils found are dated to 11,000 years ago). The closest living relative and only surviving member of the family is the North American pronghorn (Antilocapra americana).
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| Photo Author: David Monniaux
Photo of a skeleton recovered from the La Brea Asphalt Pits | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Antilocapridae |
| Genus: | †Capromeryx Matthew, 1902 |
| Type species | |
| †Capromeryx furcifer Matthew, 1902 | |
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Breameryx | |
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