Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Full reference: W. D. Matthew and W. Granger. 1924. New insectivores and ruminants from the Tertiary of Mongolia, with remarks on the correlation. American Museum Novitates 105:1-7
Parent taxon: Cervidae according to R. L. Carroll 1988
Sister taxa: Agalmaceros, Alcinae, Anoglochis, Bretzia, Capreolinae, Cervalces, Cervavitulus, Cervina, Cervinae, Cervodama, Cervulinae, Cervus guineensis, Charitoceros, Eocoileus, Euctenoceros, Furcifer, Lucentia, Metacervulus, Moschina, Nemomeryx, Palaeoplatyceros, Paracervulus, Plesiometacarpalia, Pliocervinae, Praemegaceros, Pseudaxis, Sangamona, Sangamona fugitiva, Surameryx, Surameryx acrensis, Telemetacarpalia
Subtaxa: Eumeryx culminis Eumeryx imbellis
Type: Eumeryx culminis
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution:
• Oligocene of China (4 collections), Mongolia (13)
• Eocene of Mongolia (1)
Total: 18 collections including 19 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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