Iberomeryx
| Iberomeryx Temporal range:
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Tragulidae |
| Genus: | †Iberomeryx Gabunia, 1964 |
| Type species | |
| Iberomeryx parvus Gabunia, 1964
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| Other species | |
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Iberomeryx minor Filhol, 1882 | |
Iberomeryx is an extinct genus of tragulid that lived in Europe and Balkanatolia during the Eocene and Oligocene epochs.[1]
Iberomeryx minor was a selective browser that would have fed on fruits and dicot leaves, although may have occasionally consumed animal matter on rare occasions and not have been exclusively herbivorous.[2]
References
- ^ "PBDB". paleobiodb.org. Archived from the original on 28 December 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2025.
- ^ Mennecart, Bastien; Becker, Damien; Berger, Jean-Pierre (16 December 2010). "Iberomeryx minor (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) from the Early Oligocene of Soulce (Canton Jura, NW Switzerland): systematics and palaeodiet". Swiss Journal of Geosciences. 104 (S1): 115–132. doi:10.1007/s00015-010-0034-0. ISSN 1661-8726. Retrieved 23 December 2025 – via Springer Nature Link.