- The
Palaeomerycidae is an
extinct family of
Neogene ruminants belonging to the
infraorder Pecora.
Palaeomerycids lived in
Europe and Asia exclusively...
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placed in the superfamily, but were
originally placed within the
family Palaeomerycidae.
Superfamily Giraffoidea Family †
Climacoceratidae †Climacoceras †Orangemeryx...
- type
genus Climacoceras, were
originally placed within the
family Palaeomerycidae, and then
within Giraffidae. In 1978, W. R.
Hamilton erected a new...
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pecoran ruminants containing the
superfamilies Palaeomerycoidea (
Palaeomerycidae) and
Giraffoidea (Giraffidae,
Prolibytheriidae and Climacoceratidae)...
- (cattle, goats, sheep, and antelopes)
Parvorder Giraffomorpha Family †
Palaeomerycidae Superfamily Giraffoidea Family Giraffidae (giraffes and okapi) Family...
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Stephanocemas had more
developed and
diffuse ("crowned") antlers.
Procervulus (
Palaeomerycidae) also had
antlers that were not shed.
Contemporary forms such as the...
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gentryi resembled thorny crescents. The
genus was once
placed within Palaeomerycidae, then Giraffidae. It is now
considered a
giraffoid in the
family Climacoceratidae...
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Family Cervidae: deer and moose, 49
living species in 16
genera Family †
Palaeomerycidae Family †Dromomerycidae
Family †Hoplitomerycidae
Family †Climacoceratidae...
- stem-relatives is
quite intensive, with
fossil of
these taxa
include Gelocidae,
Palaeomerycidae, Prolibytheridae, and Climacoceratidae. It is
thought that the palaeomerycids...
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affiliations due to its
superficial resemblances with the
Eurasian Neogene Palaeomerycidae and were
traditionally classified as
subfamilies within the family...
