Leptoreodon

Leptoreodon; Temporal range: Bartonian to Early Priabonian 40.7-37.2 Ma
	Leptoreodon marshi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Placentalia
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.

Fossil distribution

Fossils have been recovered from:

Devil's Graveyard Formation, Brewster County, Texas
Webb County, Texas²
Swift Current Creek, Cypress Hills Formation, Saskatchewan

References

Leptoreodon at fossilworks
J. W. Westgate. 1988. Biostratigraphic implications of the first Eocene land-mammal fauna from the North American coastal plain. Geology 16:995-998

Data related to Leptoreodon at Wikispecies

[1] Leptoreodon at fossilworks

[2] J. W. Westgate. 1988. Biostratigraphic implications of the first Eocene land-mammal fauna from the North American coastal plain. Geology 16:995-998

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