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Toromeryx

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Toromeryx
Temporal range: Eocene
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: †Protoceratidae
Genus: †Toromeryx
Wilson (1974)
Species
  • T. marginensis
Map showing range of Toromeryx in the Rio Grande valley in North America
Range of Toromeryx based on fossil record

Toromeryx is a medium-sized extinct genus of Artiodactyla, of the family Protoceratidae, endemic to southwestern North America from the Eocene epoch (Late Uintan stage) 46.2—42 Ma, existing for approximately 4.2 million years.[1]

Toromeryx was named by Wilson (1974). Its type is Toromeryx marginensis. It was assigned to Protoceratidae by Wilson (1974), Carroll (1988), Prothero (1998) and Prothero and Ludtke (2007).[2][3][4]

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Fossil distribution

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