Caenomeryx

Caenomeryx
Temporal range: Early Oligocene–Late Oligocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: †Cainotheriidae
Genus: †Caenomeryx
Hürzeler, 1936
Type species
Caenomeryx filholi
Lydekker, 1885
Other species

Caenomeryx procommunis Filhol, 1877

Caenomeryx is an extinct genus of cainotheriid artiodactyl that lived in Western Europe during the Rupelian and Chattian stages of the Oligocene epoch.

Distribution

Fossils of Caenomeryx are known from France.

Palaeobiology

Life history

Caenomeryx filholi had a tooth eruption sequence of M1 – M2 – I1 – I2 – M3 – I3 – C1 – (P2 – P3 – P4).

References

  1. ↑ "Caenomeryx". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 21 September 2026.
  2. ↑ "Caenomeryx procommunis". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 21 September 2026.
  3. ↑ "Caenomeryx filholi". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 21 September 2026.
  4. ↑ Antoine, Pierre-Olivier; Métais, Grégoire; Orliac, Maëva. J.; Peigné, Stéphane; Rafaÿ, Sébastien; Solé, Floréal; Vianey-Liaud, Monique (May–June 2011). "A new late Early Oligocene vertebrate fauna from Moissac, South-West France". Comptes Rendus Palevol. 10 (4): 239–250. Bibcode:2011CRPal..10..239A. doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2011.01.004. Retrieved 21 September 2026 – via Publications Scientifiques.
  5. ↑ Blondel, Cecile (10 June 2005). "New data on the Cainotheriidae (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) from the early Oligocene of south-western France". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 144 (2): 145–166. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00166.x. ISSN 1096-3642. Retrieved 10 October 2026 – via Oxford Academic.
  6. ↑ Veitschegger, Kristof; Sánchez-Villagra, Marcelo R. (17 November 2015). "Tooth Eruption Sequences in Cervids and the Effect of Morphology, Life History, and Phylogeny". Journal of Mammalian Evolution. 23 (3): 251–263. doi:10.1007/s10914-015-9315-8. ISSN 1064-7554. Retrieved 23 September 2026 – via Springer Nature Link.