Leptoreodon

Leptoreodon; Temporal range: Late Eocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Bartonian to Early Priabonian 40.7-37.2 Ma
	Leptoreodon marshi
Scientific classification
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 artiodactyl, 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. 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, Texas
Swift Current Creek, Cypress Hills Formation, Saskatchewan

References

↑ Leptoreodon at fossilworks
↑ Westgate, J.W. (November 1988). "Biostratigraphic implications of the first Eocene land-mammal fauna from the North American coastal plain". Geology. 16 (11): 995–998. doi:10.1130/0091-7613(1988)016%3C0995:BIOTFE%3E2.3.CO;2.

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[1] Leptoreodon at fossilworks

[2] Westgate, J.W. (November 1988). "Biostratigraphic implications of the first Eocene land-mammal fauna from the North American coastal plain". Geology. 16 (11): 995–998. doi:10.1130/0091-7613(1988)016%3C0995:BIOTFE%3E2.3.CO;2.