Andegameryx [SEP] parent taxon
Andegameryx
Andegameryx is an extinct genus belonging to the family Hypertragulidae, within the order Artiodactyla, endemic to Europe during the Miocene, living 22.4—20 Ma, existing for approximately .
"Andegameryx" were primitive and ancient ruminants, resembling small deer or musk deer, although they were more closely related to modern chevrotains. Its diet is stated to be that of a frugivore. The only known fossil was found in Zaragoza, Spain.
Taxonomy.
"Andegameryx" was named by Ginsburg (1971). It was assigned
Taxon in disguise
In bacteriology, a taxon in disguise is a species, genus or higher unit of biological classification whose evolutionary history reveals has evolved from another unit of similar or lower rank, making the parent unit paraphyletic. This happens when rapid evolution makes a new species appear radically different from the ancestral group, so that it is not (initially) recognised as belonging to the parent phylogenetic group, leaving the latter an evolutionary grade.
While the term is from bacteriology, parallel examples are found throughout the tree of