Leptoreodon
Temporal range: Bartonian to Early Priabonian 40.7-37.2 Ma
Leptoreodon marshi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: †Protoceratidae
Genus: †Leptoreodon
Wortman 1898
Species
  • L. marshi Wortman 1898 (type)
  • L. edwardsi Stock 1936
  • L. golzi Ludtke & Prothero, 2004
  • L. leptolophus Golz, 1976
  • L. major Golz, 1976
  • L. pusillus Golz, 1976
  • L. stocki Kelly, 1990

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:

References

  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

Data related to Leptoreodon at Wikispecies


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