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Palaeomeryx
Taxonomy
Palaeomeryx was named by von Meyer (1834). It is not extant. Its type is Palaeomeryx kaupi.
It was assigned to Cervulinae by Hay (1902); to Palaeomerycinae by Matthew (1904) and Prothero and Liter (2007); and to Palaeomerycidae by Carroll (1988), Sach and Heizmann (2001) and Sánchez et al. (2015).
It was assigned to Cervulinae by Hay (1902); to Palaeomerycinae by Matthew (1904) and Prothero and Liter (2007); and to Palaeomerycidae by Carroll (1988), Sach and Heizmann (2001) and Sánchez et al. (2015).
Species
P. kaupi (type species), Sinomeryx tricornis
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1834 | Palaeomeryx von Meyer |
1902 | Palaeomeryx Hay p. 682 |
1904 | Palaeomeryx Matthew p. 127 |
1988 | Palaeomeryx Carroll |
1995 | Sinomeryx Duranthon et al. |
2001 | Palaeomeryx Sach and Heizmann p. 39 |
2007 | Palaeomeryx Prothero and Liter p. 244 |
2015 | Palaeomeryx Sánchez et al. p. 7 |
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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. †Palaeomeryx von Meyer 1834
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†Palaeomeryx kaupi von Meyer 1834
Invalid names: Sinomeryx Duranthon et al. 1995 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Prothero and Liter 2007, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999 |
Collections (66 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Early/Lower Miocene | Ukraine | P. sansaniensis (75068) | |
Early/Lower Miocene | Germany | P. kaupi (70362) P. sp. (70361) | |
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene | Spain (Castile-La Mancha) | P. kaupi (136269) | |
Miocene | France | P. taille (200296) | |
Burdigalian | Portugal (Lisbon) | P. kaupi (36624 36626 36628 36631) | |
Burdigalian | France | P. kaupi (148400) | |
Burdigalian | China (Shandong) | P. sp. (41810) | |
Burdigalian | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | P. kaupi (49102) P. sp. (70359) | |
Burdigalian | Spain (Zaragoza) | P. sp. (40716) | |
Burdigalian | China (Shaanxi) | P. sp. (41811) | |
Burdigalian | Kenya (Northern Frontier District) | P. africanus, P. sp. (122454) | |
Burdigalian | Spain (Valencia) | P. kaupi (40031) | |
Burdigalian | Slovakia | P. feignouxi (48642) | |
Burdigalian | China (Jiangsu) | Palaeotragus sp. (43400) | |
Burdigalian | Uganda | P. sp. (192070) | |
Burdigalian - Langhian | Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) | P. kaupi (106003) | |
Burdigalian - Tortonian | France | P. bojani (187580) | |
MN 3 | Switzerland | P. sp. (184459) | |
MN 3 - MN 4 | Switzerland (Zürich) | P. sp. (46266) | |
Orleanian | France | P. lathanensis (142146) | |
MN 3 - MN 5 | France | P. kaupi (191827) P. lathanensis, P. kaupi (94801) | |
MN 4 | France (Midi-Pyrénées) | P. kaupi (71873) | |
MN 4 | France (Alsac) | P. kaupi (69106) | |
MN 4 | France (Centre) | P. kaupi (69116) | |
MN 4 | France (Gers) | P. kaupi (69099) | |
MN 4 - MN 5 | Greece (Macedonia) | P. kaupi (73861) | |
Langhian | Germany (Bayern) | P. bojani (44977) P. sp. (45598 45602) | |
Langhian | France | P. bojani (90354) P. lathanensis (148401) | |
Langhian | France (Maine-et-Loire) | P. lathanensis (148396) | |
MN 5 | Portugal (Região Centro) | P. kaupi (136334) | |
MN 5 | Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) | P. sp. (175727) | |
MN 5 | Austria | P. eminens (51002) | |
MN 5 | France (Midi-Pyrenees Region) | P. lathanensis (32072) | |
MN 5 - MN 6 | Portugal | P. kaupi (65912) | |
Langhian - Serravallian | France (Midi-Pyrenees) | P. bojani (32191) | |
Langhian - Serravallian | Poland (Silesia) | P. eminens (42588) | |
Middle Miocene | France (Gers) | P. sp. (143472) | |
Middle Miocene | Greece (Aegean) | P. eminens (182752) | |
Middle Miocene | Ukraine | P. faignouxi (75071) | |
Langhian - Tortonian | France (Maine-et-Loire) | P. sp., P. kaup, P. lathanensis (142149) | |
Langhian - Tortonian | France (Midi-Pyrenees Region) | P. magnus (31775 31776) | |
Serravallian | China (shaanxi) | P. sp. (42752) | |
MN 6 | Hungary | P. sp., P. eminens (68118) | |
MN 6 | Germany (Bayern) | P. sp. (45603) | |
MN 6 | Slovakia (Bratislava) | P. magnus (69711) | |
MN 6 - MN 7 + 8 | Slovakia | P. magnus, P. kaupi (69712) | |
MN 7 + 8 | Switzerland (Baselland) | P. sp. (49421) | |
Tortonian | China (Yunnan) | P. sp. (11798) | |
Tortonian | Serbia and Montenegro (Serbia) | P. eminens, P. kaupi (39709) | |
Tortonian | Austria (Lower Austria) | P. sp. (217032) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | China (Hebei) | P. sp. (38674) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Ukraine (Dnipropetrovsk) | P. annectans (75067) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Italy (Cuneo) | P. sp. (175903) | |
Messinian | Italy (Piedmont) | P. sp. (172910 199859) | |
Pliocene | Ukraine (Odessa) | P. minor (76502) |