Palaeomeryx Explained

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 .^[1]

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Fossilworks: Palaeomeryx . https://web.archive.org/web/20160813234140/http://fossilworks.org/bridge.pl?action=taxonInfo&taxon_no=42627&is_real_user=1 . 2016-08-13 .
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