Sperrgebietomeryx Morales et al. 1999 (ruminant)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla

Full reference: J. Morales, D. Soria, and M. Pickford. 1999. New stem giraffoid ruminants from the early and middle Miocene of Namibia. Geodiversitas 21(2):229-253

Parent taxon: Pecora according to S. M. Cote 2010

See also Morales et al. 1999

Sister taxa: Antilocapridae, Babameryx, Bovidae, Bugtimeryx, Camelopardalidae, Cervidae, Cervoidea, Dremotherium, Giraffidae, Leptomerycidae, Moschidae, Namibiomeryx, Orangemeryx, Prodremotheridae, Propalaeoryx, Walangania

Subtaxa: Sperrgebietomeryx wardi

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Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

Distribution: found only at Elizabethfield (Miocene of Namibia)

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