细鼷鹿
细鼷鹿属![]() | |
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L. evansi的重组图。 | |
L. evansi的头颅骨。 | |
科学分类 ![]() | |
界: | 动物界 Animalia |
门: | 脊索动物门 Chordata |
纲: | 哺乳纲 Mammalia |
目: | 偶蹄目 Artiodactyla |
科: | †美鹿科 Leptomerycidae |
属: | †细鼷鹿属 Leptomeryx Leidy, 1853 |
模式种 | |
†Leptomeryx evansi | |
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细鼷鹿(学名Leptomeryx)是一属已灭绝的反刍动物。它们生存于始新世至渐新世的北美洲。
细鼷鹿的体型细小及幼长,外观像鹿。估计它们重约5.72-14.7公斤。[2]
参考
- ^ 1.0 1.1 Webb, S.D. Hornless ruminants. C.M. Janis, K.M. Scott, and L.L. Jacobs (eds.) (编). Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America. Volume 1: Terrestrial Carnivores, Ungulates, and Ungulatelike Mammals. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1998: pp.463–476. ISBN 0-521-35519-2.
- ^ S. Legendre and C. Roth. Correlation of carnassial tooth size and body weight in recent carnivores (Mammalia). Historical Biology. 1988, 1 (1): 85–98.
- After the Dinosaurs: The Age of Mammals (Life of the Past) by Donald R. Prothero
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