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Ampelomeryx

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Ampelomeryx
Temporal range: Miocene
Scientific classification Edit this 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 mammal belonging to the family Palaeomerycidae

Ampelomeryx was named by Duranthon et al. (1995). It was assigned to Palaeomerycinae by Prothero and Liter (2007). It had frontal and occipital appendages. [1] It was similar to Tauromeryx and Triceromeryx.

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