†family Lophiomerycidae Janis 1987 (ruminant)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Lophiomerycidae

Parent taxon: Traguloidea according to I. A. Vislobokova 2001

See also Metais et al. 2001 and Vianey-Liaud et al. 2014

Sister taxa: Archaeomerycidae, Gelocidae, Tragulidae

Subtaxa: Indomeryx Lophiomeryx Nalameryx Zhailimeryx

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Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

Distribution:

• Miocene of China (1 collection)

• Oligocene of China (2), the Czech Republic (1), France (18), Georgia (1), India (1), Kazakhstan (2), Mongolia (3), Pakistan (2), Turkey (5)

• Eocene of China (9), Mongolia (1), Myanmar (9)

Total: 55 collections including 62 occurrences

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