Palaeomeryx

Palaeomeryx
Temporal range:
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.

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