Kingdom Animalia Family Antilocapridae Rank Genus | Class Mammalia Phylum Chordata Order Even-toed ungulate | |
Similar Hayoceros, Even‑toed ungulate, Osbornoceros, Ilingoceros, Ramoceros | ||
Hexameryx is an extinct genus of the artiodactyl family Antilocapridae, endemic to North America during the Pliocene epoch (5.3—4.9 mya), existing for approximately 0.4 million years.
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Hexameryx was a six-horned pronghorn that had well-forked horns.
Taxonomy
Hexameryx was named by White (1941). Its type is Hexameryx simpsoni. It was synonymized subjectively with Hexobelomeryx by Simpson (1945), Ferrusquia (1978) and Ahearn (1988). It was assigned to Antilocapridae by White (1941), Webb (1973), Carroll (1988) and Janis and Manning (1998).
Body mass
Three specimens were examined by M. Mendoza for body mass and estimated to have a weight of:
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