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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 
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| 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).[1] 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).[1]
- ^ a b "Extinct Dwarf Pronghorn Fact Sheet". library.sandiegozoo.org. Archived from the original on 2018-05-05. Retrieved 2018-04-03.
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