Hemimeryx Lydekker 1883 (anthracothere)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Anthracotheriidae

Synonym: Gelasmodon Forster-Cooper 1913

Parent taxon: Anthracotheriidae according to M. C. McKenna and S. K. Bell 1997

See also Carroll 1988

Sister taxa: Aepinacodon, Afromeryx, Ancodon, Anthracochoerus, Anthracosenex, Anthracotheriinae, Arretotherium, Atopotherium, Bothriodontinae, Bugtitherium, Bunobrachyodus, Choeromeryx, Elliottherium, Elotherium, Gonotelma, Heothema, Huananothema, Kukusepasutanka, Masritherium, Merycops, Microbunodontinae, Pachychoerops, Parabrachyodus, Probrachyodus, Qatraniodon, Sivameryx, Telmatodon, Ulausuodon

Subtaxa: Hemimeryx blandfordi

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Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution:

• Miocene of India (2 collections), Kazakhstan (1), Nepal (3), Pakistan (6)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Kazakhstan (1)

Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence

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