Dremotherium Geoffroy 1833 (musk deer)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Moschidae

Parent taxon: Moschidae according to D. R. Prothero 2007

See also Becker et al. 2010, Carroll 1988 and Mennecart and Métais 2015

Sister taxa: Bedenomeryx, Blastomerycinae, Friburgomeryx, Hispanomeryx, Hydropotopsis, Moschinae, Oriomeryx, Pomelomeryx

Subtaxa: Dremotherium cetinensis Dremotherium feignouxi Dremotherium guthi Dremotherium quercyi

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Ecology: ground dwelling browser-grazer

Distribution:

• Miocene of Greece (2 collections), Spain (1)

• Oligocene of France (5), Germany (1), Mongolia (2), Switzerland (2), Türkiye (1)

Total: 14 collections including 16 occurrences

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