Palaeomeryx
| Palaeomeryx Temporal range: Miocene | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Suborder: | Ruminantia |
| Superfamily: | Cervoidea |
| Family: | †Palaeomerycidae |
| Genus: | †Palaeomeryx von Meyer (1834) |
Palaeomeryx is an extinct genus of Artiodactyla, of the family Palaeomerycidae, endemic to Europe and Asia from the Miocene epoch, 16.9—7.25 Ma, existing for approximately 9.65 million years.[1]
Taxonomy
Palaeomeryx was named by von Meyer (1834). It is the type genus of Palaeomerycidae, Palaeomerycinae. It was assigned to Palaeomerycidae by Carroll (1988) and Sach and Heizmann (2001); and to Palaeomerycinae by Prothero and Liter (2007).[2][3][4]
Fossil distribution
- Level C1, Quarry Quebra Bilhas, Lisbon, Portugal
- Buñol, Valencia, Spain
- Lufeng, Yunnan Province, China
- Krivoy Rog, Ukraine
References
- ↑ PaleoBiology Database: Palaeomeryx, basic info
- ↑ R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution. W. H. Freeman and Company, New York 1-698
- ↑ V. J. Sach and E. P. J. Heizmann. 2001. Stratigraphy and mammal faunas of the Brackwassermolasse in the surroundings of Ulm (Southwest Germany). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 310:1-95
- ↑ D. R. Prothero and M. R. Liter. 2007. Family Palaeomerycidae. in D. R. Prothero and S. Foss (eds.), The Evolution of Artiodactyls 241-248
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