Hexameryx
Extinct genus of mammals
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Hexameryx is an extinct monospecific genus of the artiodactyl family Antilocapridae endemic to North America, with its remains being found exclusively in Florida.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] However, possible remains have been unearthed in Louisiana.[8] It lived during the Pliocene epoch 5.3—4.9 mya. It had six well-forked horns.[citation needed]
| Hexameryx Temporal range: Pliocene | |
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| Fossil horn cores, Florida Museum of Natural History | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Antilocapridae |
| Genus: | †Hexameryx White, 1941 |
| Species: | †H. simpsoni |
| Binomial name | |
| †Hexameryx simpsoni White, 1941 | |
