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Miomeryx

Mammalia - Archaeomerycidae

Taxonomy
Miomeryx was named by Matthew and Granger (1925). It is considered to be a form taxon.

It was assigned to Artiodactyla by Matthew and Granger (1925); to Leptomerycidae by Carroll (1988); and to Archaeomerycidae by Vislobokova (2001).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Miomeryx Matthew and Granger
1988Miomeryx Carroll
2001Miomeryx Vislobokova p. S134

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
Ruminantiamorpha
Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
infraorderTragulina
superfamilyTraguloidea
familyArchaeomerycidaeSimpson 1945
genusMiomeryx

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Miomeryx Matthew and Granger 1925
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Miomeryx altaicus Matthew and Granger 1925
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: grazero
Diet 2: browsero
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 14:03:05
Modified: 2005-09-19 12:23:23
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Late/Upper Oligocene or 37.20000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Mongolia M. altaicus (73781)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9China (Yunnan) M. sp. (182580)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Mongolia (Övörkhangai) M. sp. (75595 175169 180955)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Kazakhstan M. sp. (64413 74900)