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Dremotherium

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Extinct genus of ruminant

Dremotherium
Temporal range: Oligocene-Miocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Suborder: Ruminantia
Genus: †Dremotherium
Geoffroy, 1833

Dremotherium is an extinct genus of ruminant that inhabited Eurasia during the Palaeogene and Neogene periods.

Palaeoecology

Evidence from analysis of dental microwear of D. guthi and D. quercyi at the Late Oligocene site of La Milloque in France suggests that the former was a grazer, whereas the latter was primarily a leaf browser.

References

  1. Novello, Alice; Blondel, Cécile; Brunet, Michel (December 2010). "Feeding behavior and ecology of the Late Oligocene Moschidae (Mammalia, Ruminantia) from La Milloque (France): Evidence from dental microwear analysis". Comptes Rendus Palevol. 9 (8): 471–478. doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2010.10.001. Retrieved 15 November 2024 – via Elsevier Science Direct.
Taxon identifiers
Dremotherium


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