Micromeryx
Extinct genus of deer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Micromeryx is an extinct genus of musk deer that lived during the Miocene epoch (about 16-8 million years ago).[3] Fossil remains were found in Europe and Asia.[4] The earliest record (MN4) of the genus comes from the Sibnica 4 paleontological site near Rekovac in Serbia.[5][3]
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Micromeryx | |
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Male Micromeryx skeleton, Museum am Löwentor, Stuttgart, Germany | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Moschidae |
Genus: | †Micromeryx Lartet, 1851 |
Species | |
M. flourensianus Lartet 1851 |
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