†family Archaeomerycidae Simpson 1945 (ruminant)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Archaeomerycidae

Parent taxon: Traguloidea according to I. A. Vislobokova 2001

See also Métais 2006

Sister taxon: Gelocidae

Subtaxa: Archaeomeryx Irrawadymeryx Miomeryx Notomeryx Paukkaungmeryx Xinjiangmeryx

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Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Kazakhstan (2 collections), Mongolia (3)

• Eocene of China (13), Japan (1), Mongolia (1), Myanmar (2)

Total: 22 collections including 23 occurrences

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