Lagomeryx manai Suraprasit et al. 2014 (ruminant)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Lagomerycidae

Full reference: K. Suraprasit, Y. Chaimanee, H. Bocherens, O. Chavasseau, and J.-J. Jaeger. 2014. Systematics and phylogeny of middle Miocene Cervidae (Mammalia) from Mae Moh Basin (Thailand) and a paleoenvironmental estimate using enamel isotopy of sympatric herbivore species. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34(1):179-194

Belongs to Lagomeryx according to K. Suraprasit et al. 2014

Sister taxa: Lagomeryx complicidens, Lagomeryx parvulus, Lagomeryx ruetimeyeri

Type specimen: UPP MM-1, a partial skull. Its type locality is Mae Moh Coal Mine, which is in a MN 6 mire/swamp lignite/mudstone in the Na Khaem Formation of Thailand.

Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

Distribution: found only at Mae Moh Coal Mine

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