Palaeomeryx

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]

Palaeomeryx
Temporal range: Miocene
Fossil specimen, Tianjin Natural History Museum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: †Palaeomerycidae
Subfamily: †Palaeomerycinae
Genus: †Palaeomeryx
von Meyer (1834)

Taxonomy
Fossil jaw

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
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References
  1. PaleoBiology Database: Palaeomeryx, basic info
  2. R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution. W. H. Freeman and Company, New York 1-698
  3. 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
  4. 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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