Micromeryx

Micromeryx is an extinct genus of musk deer that lived during the Miocene epoch. Fossil remains were found in Europe and Asia. The earliest record (MN4) of the genus comes from the Sibnica 4 paleontological site near Rekovac in Serbia.

Micromeryx

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
MoschinaePBDB
Diet
browser, grazerPBDB, for Moschidae
Life habit
ground dwellingPBDB, for Moschidae
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Osteichthyes
Environment
terrestrialPBDB, for Artiodactyla

Time the record covers

At least 13 million years on record.

The record covers at least 23.04 Mya to 9.67 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 27.3 Mya to 5.333 Mya.

Oligocene — about 1 of 36 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 35 of 36 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 0 of 36 occurrences28–27 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences27–26 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences26–26 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences26–25 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences25–24 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences24–23 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences23–22 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences22–22 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences22–21 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences21–20 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences20–19 Mya — about 1.0 occurrences19–19 Mya — about 1 occurrence19–18 Mya — about 1 occurrence18–17 Mya — about 1 occurrence17–16 Mya — about 1 occurrence16–16 Mya — about 2 occurrences16–15 Mya — about 2 occurrences15–14 Mya — about 2 occurrences14–13 Mya — about 3 occurrences13–12 Mya — about 3 occurrences12–12 Mya — about 4 occurrences12–11 Mya — about 4 occurrences11–10 Mya — about 2 occurrences10–9.4 Mya — about 2 occurrences9.4–8.7 Mya — about 2 occurrences8.7–7.9 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences7.9–7.1 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences7.1–6.4 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences6.4–5.6 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences5.6–4.8 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences23.04 Mya9.67 Mya27.8 Mya4.8 Mya

36 occurrences of Micromeryx on record, most of them in the Miocene. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

36 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

10 formations

Hsienshuiko — 36.34°N, 102.82°EGrund — 48.63°N, 16.06°EXianshuihe — 43.65°N, 112.66°ELengshuigou — 34.26°N, 108.94°EXiacaowan — 33.45°N, 118.20°EAral — 46.80°N, 60.58°EAlfambra — 40.50°N, 1.02°WEdelény — 48.39°N, 20.64°ELower Unit — 40.12°N, 0.68°WLoh — 45.35°N, 101.84°E

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The named rock units Micromeryx has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 24 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Micromeryx and its relatives

Miocene

Where Micromeryx and its relatives were recorded in the Miocene.

Found in the same rock

573 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 29 sites for Micromeryx, and this reads all of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

29 references

Each of the 36 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 17 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content1

Picture of Micromeryx

Credit
Ra'ike (see also: de:Benutzer:Ra'ike )
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

No 3D scan of Micromeryx was found in MorphoSource and Sketchfab.

Smithsonian Open Access was not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

The description on this site

Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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What may have been alongside itMoschinae through timeFormations of the MioceneThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Lartet 1851