Biology:Triceromeryx

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Short description: Extinct genus of deer

Triceromeryx
Temporal range: Middle Miocene
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Palaeomerycidae
Genus: Triceromeryx
Villalta Commela, 1946
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Range of Triceromeryx based on fossil finds

Triceromeryx is an extinct genus of Artiodactyla, of the family Palaeomerycidae, endemic to Europe from the middle Miocene epoch, 16.9—16.0 Ma, existing for approximately 0.9 million years.[1]

It was similar to Ampelomeryx, a herbivore.

Taxonomy

Triceromeryx was named by Villalta Commela et al. (1946). It was assigned to Giraffidae by Carroll (1988); and to Palaeomerycinae by Prothero and Liter (2007).[2][3]

Fossil distribution

  • Cetina de Aragon, Zaragoza, Spain

References

  1. PaleoBiology Database: Triceromeryx, basic info
  2. R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution. W. H. Freeman and Company, New York 1-698
  3. D. R. Prothero and M. R. Liter. 2007. Family Palaeomerycidae. in D. R. Prothero and S. Foss (eds.), The Evolution of Artiodactyls 241-248

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q7840614 entry