Dromomeryx

Dromomeryx (†Dromomeryx (Douglass, 1909))

 

Order: Artiodactyla

Family: Palaeomerycidae

Time period: the Miocene of North America

Dimensions: 1,9 m in length, 80-120 cm in height, 50 - 80 kg of weight

Typical representative: Dromomeryx borealis

 

 

Dromomeryx is an extinct genus of Artiodactyla, of the family Palaeomerycidae, endemic to North America. It was an even toed ungulate which was similar in size to a modern white tail deer. Its ossicones grew up and forward of their eyes, similar in style to a gazelles. Dromomeryx was a browser as isotopic data from its teeth and tooth structure suggest that it ate leaves and other foliage above ground level.