Ampelomeryx
Ampelomeryx Temporal range:
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Ampelomeryx ginsburgi Syntype Muséum de Toulouse | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | †Palaeomerycidae |
Genus: | †Ampelomeryx Duranthon et al. (1995) |
Ampelomeryx is a genus of extinct herbivorous even-toed ungulate mammals belonging to the family Palaeomerycidae.
Ampelomeryx was named by Duranthon et al. (1995). It was assigned to the Palaeomerycinae by Prothero and Liter (2007). It had frontal and occipital appendages.[1] It was similar to and Triceromeryx.
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Categories:
- Prehistoric cervoids
- Miocene even-toed ungulates
- Prehistoric even-toed ungulate genera
- Fossil taxa described in 1995
- Prehistoric even-toed ungulate stubs