Ampelomeryx
Temporal range:
Ampelomeryx ginsburgi Syntype
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Palaeomerycidae
Genus: Ampelomeryx
Duranthon et al. (1995)
Ampelomeryx ginsburgi
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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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