Nalameryx fossil map
Where fossils of Nalameryx have been found, shown on the Earth as it looked about 30 million years ago and on today’s map.
Dots are fossil collections recorded in the Paleobiology Database. The “then” view moves today’s fossil sites back to their positions 30 million years ago (the time slice nearest the median age of the fossils) using the Merdith et al. (2021) plate model; positions are approximate. Open on the timeline map →
| Group | Early mammals |
|---|---|
| Lived | 33.9–23.04 million years ago (Rupelian to Chattian) |
| Periods | Paleogene |
| Family | Lophiomerycidae |
| Named by | Métais et al. 2009 |
| Fossil records | 10 occurrences at 4 locations (PBDB) |
| Found in | Pakistan, India, Türkiye |
| Rock formations | Chitarwata, Kargil, Güngörmez |
About Nalameryx
Nalameryx is an extinct genus of tragulid which lived in Kargil Formation of India and in Chitarwata Formation of Pakistan during Oligocene. and It was first named by Grégoire Métais, Jean-Loup Welcomme and Stéphane Ducrocq in 2009 and the type species is Nalameryx savagei. Nalameryx savagei is one of the rare mammals found during the Oligocene. Five dental remains
composed the originally found material, described in 1990.
The first phylogenetic hypothesis proposed Nalameryx to be closely related to the basal ruminant Lophiomerycidae. The description of new specimens from the type bed K/7b from the Kargil Formation (late Oligocene, India), led to a reinterpretation of the phylogenetic position of Nalameryx and of the early evolutionary history of the Tragulidae. Based on the phylogenetic hypothesis, Nalameryx is nested within the living Tragulidae, making it one of the oldest known tragulid.
Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Nalameryx (revision 1375051052), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; introduction excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Ages, family, authority and fossil records: Paleobiology Database, accessed 23 October 2026. Ages are those of the rock layers the fossils were found in. Wikidata: Q6960787.
