Palaeomeryx

Palaeomeryx
Temporal range: Miocene
Palaeomeryx-Tianjin Natural History Museum.jpg
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)

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.

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).

Fossil distribution



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