Palaeomeryx
Extinct genus of deer
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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]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | †Palaeomerycidae |
| Subfamily: | †Palaeomerycinae |
| Genus: | †Palaeomeryx von Meyer (1834) |
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
- Amor, Leiria, Portugal
- Level C1, Quarry Quebra Bilhas, Lisbon, Portugal
- Buñol, Valencia, Spain
- Lufeng, Yunnan Province, China
- Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine
