Ampelomeryx
Ampelomeryx Temporal range:
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Ampelomeryx ginsburgi Syntype Muséum de Toulouse | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | †Palaeomerycidae |
Genus: | †Ampelomeryx Duranthon et al. (1995) |
Ampelomeryx is an extinct genus of 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 Tauromeryx and Triceromeryx.
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