Palaeomeryx

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| name = Palaeomeryx

| fossil_range = {{Fossil range|Miocene}}

| image = Palaeomeryx-Tianjin Natural History Museum.jpg

| taxon = Palaeomeryx

| authority = von Meyer (1834)

| subdivision_ranks = Species

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|image_caption=Fossil specimen, Tianjin Natural History Museum}}

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 {{Mya|16.9-7.25|million years}}.{{cite web | url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=42627 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160813234140/http://fossilworks.org/bridge.pl?action=taxonInfo&taxon_no=42627&is_real_user=1 | archive-date=2016-08-13 | url-status=live | title=Fossilworks: Palaeomeryx }}

Taxonomy

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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).R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution. W. H. Freeman and Company, New York 1-698V. 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) 310:1-95D. R. Prothero and M. R. Liter. 2007. Family Palaeomerycidae. in D. R. Prothero and S. Foss (eds.), The Evolution of Artiodactyls 241-248

Fossil distribution

Amor, Leiria, Portugal
Level C1, Quarry Quebra Bilhas, Lisbon, Portugal
Buñol, Valencia, Spain
Lufeng, Yunnan Province, China
Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine

References

Category:Palaeomerycidae

Category:Miocene Artiodactyla

Category:Tortonian extinctions

Category:Miocene mammals of Europe

Category:Prehistoric Artiodactyla genera

Category:Burdigalian first appearances

Category:Miocene mammals of Asia