Amphitragulus Temporal range: Miocene |
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Skulls of A. lemanensis, Museum Histoire Naturelle, Paris | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | †Palaeomerycidae |
Genus: |
†Amphitragulus Pomel, 1847 |
Amphitragulus is an extinct genus of Artiodactyla, of the family Palaeomerycidae, endemic to Europe from the Miocene epoch. It is the earliest known genus of the family, and has been found in Aragon (Spain), Ronheim (Germany), Sardinia (Italy), France and Kazakhstan and range from 55.8 - 15.97 million years old.