Micromeryx
| Micromeryx Temporal range: Miocene | |
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| Micromeryx skeleton | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Moschidae |
| Genus: | †Micromeryx |
| Species | |
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M. fleurensis | |
Restoration of Micromeryx
Micromeryx is an extinct genus of musk deer that lived in the Miocene.[1]
References
- ↑ Sánchez, I. M.; Morales, J. (2008). "Micromeryx azanzae sp. nov. (Ruminantia: Moschidae) from the middle-upper Miocene of Spain, and the first description of the cranium of Micromeryx". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 28 (3): 873. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2008)28[873:MASNRM]2.0.CO;2.
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