Archaeomeryx Temporal range: Early
Eocene
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | † Archaeomerycidae |
Genus: | †
Archaeomeryx Matthew & Granger, 1925 |
Species: | †A. optatus
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Binomial name | |
†Archaeomeryx optatus Matthew & Granger, 1925
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Archaeomeryx is an extinct genus of ruminant that lived early in the Eocene. [1] [2] [3] It is believed to be close to the ancestry of the group Pecora, which includes deer, giraffes, cows and their relatives. Unlike the modern members of this group, it had a set of functioning incisors in the upper jaw. [4] It was small in size, comparable to a modern-day mouse deer. [5] It was also very rabbit-like and had several distinctive characteristics. [6] It lived in present-day China 35 to 40 million years ago. [7]
Archaeomeryx Temporal range: Early
Eocene
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | † Archaeomerycidae |
Genus: | †
Archaeomeryx Matthew & Granger, 1925 |
Species: | †A. optatus
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Binomial name | |
†Archaeomeryx optatus Matthew & Granger, 1925
|
Archaeomeryx is an extinct genus of ruminant that lived early in the Eocene. [1] [2] [3] It is believed to be close to the ancestry of the group Pecora, which includes deer, giraffes, cows and their relatives. Unlike the modern members of this group, it had a set of functioning incisors in the upper jaw. [4] It was small in size, comparable to a modern-day mouse deer. [5] It was also very rabbit-like and had several distinctive characteristics. [6] It lived in present-day China 35 to 40 million years ago. [7]