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Micromeryx

Mammalia - Moschidae

Taxonomy
Micromeryx was named by Lartet (1851). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Cervidae by Qiu et al. (1981); to Moschidae by Carroll (1988); and to Moschinae by Prothero (2007).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1851Micromeryx Lartet
1981Micromeryx Qiu et al.
1988Micromeryx Carroll
2007Micromeryx Prothero p. 224

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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)
Pecora()
familyMoschidae
subfamilyMoschinaeGray 1821
genusMicromeryxLartet 1851

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. †Micromeryx Lartet 1851
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Micromeryx eiselei Aiglstorfer et al. 2017
Micromeryx flourensianus Lartet 1851
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: browserf
Diet 2: grazerf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-23 13:15:44
Source: f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the MN 10 or 28.40000 to 8.70000 Ma

Collections (33 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Kazakhstan M. sp. (64413)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mongolia M. primaevus (182120)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333France M. flourensianus (200296)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Spain (Zaragoza) M. sp. (40716)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Serbia and Montenegro (Serbia) M. sp. (199782)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97China (Jiangsu) M. sp. (43400)
Orleanian20.0 - 15.97Czech Republic (Moravia) M. sp. (190142 200140)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Germany (Bayern) M. flourensianus (45612 45613)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Austria M. sp., M. flourensianus (51002)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62France (Midi-Pyrenees) M. flourensianus (32191)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) M. flourensianus (190754)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608France (Gers) M. sansaniensis (143472)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Spain (Madrid) M. flourensianus (197673)
Langhian - Tortonian15.97 - 7.246France (Midi-Pyrenees Region) M. flourensianus (31776)
Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene15.97 - 5.333China (Nei Mongol) M. sp. (28781)
Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene15.97 - 5.333Spain (Catalonia) M. sp. (199537)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62China (shaanxi) M. sp. (42752)
MN 613.65 - 12.75Germany (Bayern) M. flourensianus (45603 45614)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Spain M. florecianus (78058) M. flourensianus (70806)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Switzerland (Baselland) M. flourensianus (49421)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Germany (Baden-Württemberg) M. flourensianus, M. eiselei (49520)
Vallesian11.608 - 8.7Spain (Catalonia) M. flourensianus (38975 176268)
Vallesian11.608 - 8.7Spain (Segovia) M. flourensianus (40768)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333China (Qinghai) M. sp. (34669 34676)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Spain M. sp. (174643)
MN 911.1 - 9.7Hungary (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén) M. flourensianus (75481)
MN 109.7 - 8.7Spain (Teruel) M. sp. (38345)