''Ampelomeryx ginsburgi''
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''Ampelomeryx'' is a genus of extinct
herbivorous even-toed ungulate mammal
Mammals () are a group of vertebrate animals constituting the class Mammalia (), characterized by the presence of mammary glands which in females produce milk for feeding (nursing) their young, a neocortex (a region of the brain), fur or ...
s belonging to the family
Palaeomerycidae
The Palaeomerycidae are an extinct family of ruminants in the order Artiodactyla. Palaeomerycids lived in North America, Europe, Africa and Asia from 33 to 4.9 million years ago (from the Late Eocene to Pliocene epochs), existing for about 28 mi ...
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''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.
Geoscience abstract
/ref> It was similar to '' Tauromeryx'' and '' Triceromeryx''.
References
Palaeomerycidae
Miocene Artiodactyla
Prehistoric Artiodactyla genera
Fossil taxa described in 1995
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