-
extinct family of
Neogene ruminants belonging to the
infraorder Pecora.
Palaeomerycids lived in
Europe and Asia
exclusively during the Miocene, coevolving...
- Palaeomerycidae, Prolibytheridae, and Climacoceratidae. It is
thought that the
palaeomerycids, prolibytherids,
climacoceratids and the
giraffids all form a clade...
- cainotheriids, merycoidodonts, entelodonts, anthracotheres, basilosaurids, and
palaeomerycids. Many
artiodactyls are of
great dietary, economic, and
cultural importance...
- †Waldoc****us, Tay****u pecari,
Catagonus wagneri,
Dicotyles tajacu) †
Palaeomerycids (Surameryx) Deer (†Antifer, †Morenelaphus, †Agalmaceros, Odocoileus...
-
Jorge (2015). "Systematics and
Evolution of the
Miocene Three-Horned
Palaeomerycid Ruminants (Mammalia, Cetartiodactyla)". PLOS ONE. 10 (12): e0143034...
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Victoria (2015). "Systematics and
Evolution of the
Miocene Three-Horned
Palaeomerycid Ruminants (Mammalia, Cetartiodactyla)". PLoS One. 10 (12): 10.1371/journal...
-
Jorge (2015). "Systematics and
Evolution of the
Miocene Three-Horned
Palaeomerycid Ruminants (Mammalia, Cetartiodactyla)". PLOS ONE. 10 (12): e0143034...
- "Libytherium maurusium" (S. maurusium)). Later, it
would be
regarded as a
palaeomerycid, or
either as a climacoceratid, or as a
basal member of Giraffoidea...
-
Victoria (2015). "Systematics and
Evolution of the
Miocene Three-Horned
Palaeomerycid Ruminants (Mammalia, Cetartiodactyla)". PLOS ONE. 10 (12): e0143034...
- of the
nearly complete lower jaw,
reminiscent of the
North American palaeomerycids,
which are
known from
numerous fossils. The jaw of
Surameryx is similar...
