In this paper, we describe newly discovered and previously collected fossil moschid specimens from the middle Miocene of China. Besides the previously reported Hispanomeryx andrewsi, we recognize four additional fossil species in two genera of Moschidae in the middle Miocene of China based on dental morphology: Micromeryx cf. flourensianus, Micromeryx sp., Hispanomeryx sp. 1, and Hispanomeryx sp. 2. The specimens are of Tunggurian age (Neogene Chinese Land Mammal Age), corresponding to European MN6-MN7/8. The records show a diversity of fossil moschids in the middle Miocene of China comparable with the contemporaneous diversity in western European faunas.
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1 April 2015
Diversity of Moschidae (Ruminantia, Artiodactyla, Mammalia) in the Middle Miocene of China
Shiqi Wang,
Qinqin Shi,
Zhengchuang Hui,
Yu Li,
Jun Zhang,
Tingjiang Peng
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Paleontological Research
Vol. 19 • No. 2
April 2015
Vol. 19 • No. 2
April 2015
biostratigraphy
Hispanomeryx
Micromeryx
middle Miocene
Moschidae