Capromeryx
| 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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Breameryx | |
Capromeryx (dwarf pronghorn) is an extinct 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). Antilocaprines began to decline in diversity during the Late Miocene, and the closest living relative and only surviving antilocaprine is the North American pronghorn (Antilocapra americana).