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Taxon: Family †Palaeomerycidae Lydekker, 1883 (mammal)

Entity:

Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Order) Cetartiodactyla

Subsequent positions

Cervoidea (Superfamily) Batsch, 1788

Original entries

Questionably †*Dromomerycinae* (Subfamily) Frick, 1937
Questionably †*Palaeomerycinae* (Subfamily) Lydekker, 1883
Questionably †*Prolibytherium* (Genus) Arambourg, 1961

Subsequent entries

†Amphitragulus (Genus) Pomel, 1846

Current position

†Palaeomerycoidea (Superfamily) Lydekker, 1883

Ref: B. Mennecart et al., 2019(2018): 701. [inferred rank] [implicit]

Alternative positions

*Cervoidea* (Superfamily) Batsch, 1788	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 423.
*Giraffomorpha* (Clade) Sánchez, Cantalapiedra, Ríos, Quiralte & Morales 2015	Ref: I.M. Sánchez et al., 2015: 19, 21, fig. 9. [inferred rank]

Historical positions

*Cervoidea* (Superfamily) Batsch, 1788	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 423.
*Artiodactyla* (Order) Owen, 1848	Ref: 1995
*Cervoidea* (Superfamily) Batsch, 1788	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 641.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	†5g;9s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 18 Jun 2022	[; †5g;9s]
1997	M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell	[; †17g]

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