In Depth
Named in 2014, not much can be said about Surameryx because the genus has been named from just a lower left jaw. However, by being recovered from a late Miocene aged deposit, we do know that the presence of Surameryx in South America is a rare example of a mammal with North American ancestry appearing in South America before the Pliocene.
Further Reading
- New late Miocene dromomerycine artiodactyl from Amazon Basin: implications for interchange dynamics. Journal of Paleontology 88(3):434-443. - D. R. Prothero, K. E. Campbell, B.L. Beatty & C.D. Frailey - 2014.
