Yumaceras

Yumaceras is an extinct genus of antelope-like palaeomerycid artiodactyl endemic to North America from the Miocene epoch, 13.6—5.33 Ma, existing for approximately 8.27 million years.^[1]

Yumaceras Temporal range: Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Range of Yumaceras based on fossil finds
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	†Dromomerycidae
Tribe:	†Cranioceratini
Genus:	†Yumaceras Frick, 1937

Taxonomy

Yumaceras was named by Frick (1937). It was synonymized subjectively with Pediomeryx by Savage (1941) and Janis and Manning (1998); it was reranked as Pediomeryx (Yumaceras) by Webb (1983); it was synonymized subjectively with Cranioceras by Tedford et al. (1987). It was assigned to Pediomeryx by Webb (1983); and to Cranioceratini by Prothero and Liter (2007).^[2][3][4]

Fossil distribution

• Norris Canyon, Contra Costa County, California
• Cambridge Site, Frontier County, Nebraska
• Haile V/XIXA, Alachua County, Florida