Capromeryx Temporal range:
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Photo Author: David Monniaux
Photo of a skeleton recovered from the La Brea Asphalt Pits | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Antilocapridae |
Genus: | †Capromeryx Matthew, 1902 |
Type species | |
†Capromeryx furcifer Matthew, 1902
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Species | |
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Synonyms | |
Breameryx |
Capromeryx (dwarf pronghorn) was a genus of dwarf pronghorns (Antilocapridae) that originated in North America during the Pliocene about 5 million years ago (the exact range of their presence on the landscape is still not known, but the most recent fossils found are dated to 11,000 years ago).[1] The closest living relative and only surviving member of the family is the North American pronghorn (Antilocapra americana).[1]