Hispanomeryx lacetanus Sánchez et al. 2019 (musk deer)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Moschidae

Full reference: I. M. Sánchez, D. Demiguel, S. Almécija, S. Moyà-Solà, J. Morales and D. M. Alba. 2019. New Hispanomeryx (Mammalia, Ruminantia, Moschidae) from Spain and a reassessment of the systematics and paleobiology of the genus Hispanomeryx Morales, Moyà-Solà, and Soria, 1981. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 39(2):e1602536

Belongs to Hispanomeryx according to I. M. Sánchez et al. 2019

Sister taxa: Hispanomeryx andrewsi, Hispanomeryx aragonensis, Hispanomeryx daamsi, Hispanomeryx duriensis

Type specimen: IPS87997, a mandible (right mandibular fragment with p2–p3 and m1–m3). Its type locality is Sant Miquel de Toudell, which is in a Vallesian terrestrial horizon in Spain.

Ecology: ground dwelling browser-grazer

Distribution: found only at Sant Miquel de Toudell

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