Triceromeryx Temporal range: Early Miocene |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | †Palaeomerycidae |
Genus: |
†Triceromeryx Villalta Commela, 1946 |
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Range of Triceromeryx based on fossil finds |
Triceromeryx is an extinct genus of Artiodactyla, of the family Palaeomerycidae, endemic to Europe from the early Miocene epoch, 16.9—16.0 Ma, existing for approximately 0.9 million years.
It was similar to Ampelomeryx, a herbivore.
Triceromeryx was named by Villalta Commela et al. (1946). It was assigned to Giraffidae by Carroll (1988); and to Palaeomerycinae by Prothero and Liter (2007).