Micromeryx

Micromeryx
Micromeryx skeleton
Conservation status
Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Moschidae
Genus: Micromeryx
Species

M. fleurensis
M. azanzae

Restoration of Micromeryx

Micromeryx is an extinct genus of musk deer that lived in the Miocene.[1]

References

  1. Sánchez, I. M.; Morales, J. (2008). "Micromeryx azanzae sp. nov. (Ruminantia: Moschidae) from the middle-upper Miocene of Spain, and the first description of the cranium of Micromeryx". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28 (3): 873. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2008)28[873:MASNRM]2.0.CO;2.