Irrawadymeryx Métais et al. 2007 (ruminant)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Archaeomerycidae

Full reference: G. Métais, A. N. Soe, L. Marivaux and K. C. Beard. 2007. Artiodactyls from the Pondaung Formation (Myanmar): new data and reevaluation of the South Asian Faunal Province during the Middle Eocene. Naturwissenschaften 94:759-768

Parent taxon: Archaeomerycidae according to G. Métais et al. 2007

Sister taxa: Archaeomeryx, Miomeryx, Notomeryx, Paukkaungmeryx, Xinjiangmeryx

Subtaxa: Irrawadymeryx pondaungi

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Type: Irrawadymeryx pondaungi

Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

Distribution: found only at Than-u-daw, Pondaung Sandstone (Eocene of Myanmar)

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