Aletomeryx

Aletomeryx is an extinct genus of Artiodactyla, of the family Dromomerycidae, endemic to North America from the early Miocene epoch (Hemingfordian stage) 20.6—16.3 Ma, existing for approximately 4.3 million years.

[1] Aletomeryx was named by Lull (1920).

It is the type genus of Aletomerycinae, Aletomerycini.

It was assigned to Dromomerycidae by Lull (1920) and Janis and Manning (1998); and to Aletomerycini by Prothero and Liter (2007).

[2][3][4] Fossils have been recovered from the Midway Site in Florida, Saskatchewan, Boron, California, and several sites in Nebraska and Wyoming.

Female skull, originally described as Blastomeryx marshi (now a synonym of Aletomeryx gracilis ).
19th century model