Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Palaeomerycidae
Parent taxon: Giraffomorpha according to I. M. Sánchez et al. 2015
See also Carroll 1988, Hulbert and Whitmore 2006, Prothero and Liter 2007, Prothero and Liter 2008 and Sach and Heizmann 2001
Sister taxon: Giraffidae
Subtaxa: Aletomerycinae Amphitragulus Germanomeryx Heterocemas Palaeomerycinae Palaeomeryx Procervulus Xenokeryx
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Ukraine (1 collection)
• Miocene of Austria (2), Canada (2: Saskatchewan), China (6), Czechia (2), France (28), Germany (14), Greece (3), Hungary (1), Italy (4), Kenya (1), Kyrgyzstan (1), Pakistan (2), Poland (1), Portugal (6), Serbia (1), Slovakia (3), Spain (11), Switzerland (5), Uganda (1), Ukraine (3), United States (44: California, Florida, Nebraska, Nevada, South Dakota, Texas, Virginia, Wyoming)
• Harrisonian of United States (2: Nebraska)
• Oligocene of France (2), Germany (2), Kazakhstan (3), Mongolia (1), Pakistan (1), Switzerland (2)
• Eocene of Spain (1)
Total: 156 collections including 203 occurrences