Nalameryx

Nalameryx is an extinct genus of lophiomerycid ruminant which existed in lower Chitarwata Formation, Pakistan during the middle Oligocene.[1] It was first named by Grégoire Métais, Jean-Loup Welcomme and Stéphane Ducrocq in 2009 and the type species is Nalameryx savagei.[1][2]

Nalameryx
Temporal range: Middle Oligocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: †Lophiomerycidae
Genus: †Nalameryx
Métais et al., 2009
Species
  • N. savagei Nanda & Sahni, 1990 (type)
  • N. sulaimani Métais et al., 2009
Synonyms

Iberomeryx savagei

References
  1. Grégoire Métais, Jean-Loup Welcomme, and Stéphane Ducrocq (2009). "New Lophiomerycid Ruminants from the Oligocene of the Bugti Hills (Balochistan, Pakistan)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 29 (1): 231–241. doi:10.1671/039.029.0115.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  2. Nanda, A. C., and A. Sahni (1990). "Oligocene vertebrates from the Ladakh Molasse Group, Ladakh Himalaya: palaeogeographic implications". Journal of Himalayan Geology. 1: 1–10.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)


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