Kingdom Animalia Class Mammalia Family Moschidae | Phylum Chordata Order Artiodactyla Rank Genus | |
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Similar Blastomeryx, Amphitragulus, Ampelomeryx, Palaeomeryx, Procervulus | ||
Oriomeryx is an extinct genus of Artiodactyla, of the family Moschidae (deer-like), endemic to Europe from the early Miocene epoch, 22.4—20.0 Ma, existing for approximately 2.4 million years.
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Taxonomy
Oriomeryx was named by Ginsburg (1985). It was assigned to Pecora by Ginsburg et al. (1994); and to Moschidae by Prothero (2007).
Fossil distribution
References
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