''Ampelomeryx'' is a genus of extinct

herbivorous A herbivore is an animal anatomically and physiologically evolved to feed on plants, especially upon vascular tissues such as foliage, fruits or seeds, as the main component of its diet. These more broadly also encompass animals that eat n ...

even-toed ungulate Artiodactyls are placental mammals belonging to the order Artiodactyla ( , ). Typically, they are ungulates which bear weight equally on two (an even number) of their five toes (the third and fourth, often in the form of a hoof). The other t ...

mammal A mammal () is a vertebrate animal of the Class (biology), class Mammalia (). Mammals are characterised by the presence of milk-producing mammary glands for feeding their young, a broad neocortex region of the brain, fur or hair, and three ...

s belonging to the family

Palaeomerycidae The Palaeomerycidae is an extinct family of Neogene ruminants belonging to the infraorder Pecora. Palaeomerycids lived in Europe and Asia exclusively during the Miocene, coevolving with cervids, bovids, moschids, and tragulids there as part o ...

. ''Ampelomeryx'' was named by Duranthon et al. (1995). It was assigned to the Palaeomerycinae by Prothero and Liter (2007). It had frontal and occipital appendages.Geoscience abstract
/ref> It was similar to '' Tauromeryx'' and ''

Triceromeryx ''Triceromeryx'' is an extinct genus of Artiodactyla, of the family Palaeomerycidae, endemic to Europe from the middle Miocene epoch, 16.9—16.0 Ma, existing for approximately . It was similar to '' Ampelomeryx'', a herbivore. Taxonomy ''Tric ...

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Palaeomerycidae Miocene Artiodactyla Monotypic prehistoric Artiodactyla genera Fossil taxa described in 1995 {{paleo-eventoedungulate-stub