Leptoreodon

Leptoreodon
Temporal range: Late Eocene
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.