Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Palaeomerycidae
Synonym: Sinomeryx Duranthon et al. 1995
Parent taxon: Palaeomerycidae according to I. M. Sánchez et al. 2015
See also Carroll 1988, Hay 1902, Matthew 1904, Prothero and Liter 2007 and Sach and Heizmann 2001
Sister taxa: Aletomerycinae, Amphitragulus, Dromomerycinae, Palaeomerycinae, Xenokeryx
Subtaxa: Palaeomeryx kaupi Sinomeryx tricornis
Type: Palaeomeryx kaupi
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Ukraine (1 collection)
• Miocene of Austria (2), China (6), France (19), Germany (10), Greece (2), Hungary (1), Italy (3), Kenya (1), Poland (1), Portugal (6), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Slovakia (3), Spain (3), Switzerland (3), Uganda (1), Ukraine (3)
Total: 66 collections including 74 occurrences
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