Ampelomeryx

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Ampelomeryx
Temporal range: Miocene
Ampelomeryx ginsburgi Museum de Toulouse Montreal-du-Gers.jpg
Ampelomeryx ginsburgi Syntype
Ampelomeryx ginsburgi MHNT.PAL.2006.0.36 - Reconstitution 3D grandeur nature.jpg
Ampelomeryx ginsburgi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Palaeomerycidae
Genus: Ampelomeryx
Duranthon et al. (1995)

Ampelomeryx is a genus of extinct herbivorous even-toed ungulate mammals belonging to the family Palaeomerycidae.

Ampelomeryx was named by Duranthon et al. (1995). It was assigned to the Palaeomerycinae by Prothero and Liter (2007). It had frontal and occipital appendages. [1] It was similar to Tauromeryx and Triceromeryx .

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