Biology:Oriomeryx

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Short description: Extinct genus of deer

Oriomeryx
Temporal range: Miocene
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Moschidae
Genus: Oriomeryx
Ginsburg, 1985
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Range of Oriomeryx based on fossil finds

Oriomeryx is an extinct genus of the family Moschidae, endemic to Europe from the early Miocene epoch, approximately 20 Ma.[1][2] Fossils are known only from a single site in Zaragoza, Spain.[3]

References

  1. L. Ginsburg, J. Morales, and D. Soria. 1994. The ruminants (Artiodactyla, Mammalia) from the Lower Miocene of Cetina de Aragon (Province of Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain). Proceedings van de Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen 97(2):141-181
  2. D. R. Prothero. 2007. Family Moschidae. in D. R. Prothero and S. Foss (eds.), The Evolution of Artiodactyls 221-226
  3. PaleoBiology Database: Oriomeryx, basic info

Wikidata ☰ Q7102747 entry