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Amphitragulus

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Amphitragulus
Temporal range: Miocene
Skulls of A. lemanensis, Museum Histoire Naturelle, Paris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Pecora
Genus: Amphitragulus
Pomel, 1847
Jaw, Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart

Amphitragulus is an extinct genus of Artiodactyla, of the family Palaeomerycidae, endemic to Europe from the Miocene epoch.[1] It is the earliest known genus of the family, and has been found in Aragon (Spain), Ronheim (Germany), Sardinia (Italy), France and Kazakhstan and range from 55.8 - 15.97 million years old.[2]

References

  1. ^ I. C. Caria. 1953. L'Amphitragulus boulangeri Pomel, primo mammifero terrestre segnalato nel miocene della Sardegna. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 59(2):91-95
  2. ^ S. G. Lucas, E. G. Kordikova, and R. J. Emry. 1998. Oligocene stratigraphy, sequence stratigraphy, and mammalian biochronology north of the Aral Sea, Western Kazakhstan. Bulletin of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History 34:313-348