Kingdom Animalia Family †Palaeomerycidae Phylum Chordata Order Even-toed ungulate | Class Mammalia Subfamily †Palaeomerycinae Rank Genus | |
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Similar Even‑toed ungulate, Lagomeryx, Palaeomerycidae, Amphitragulus, Ampelomeryx | ||
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.
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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).
Fossil distribution
References
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