Dremotherium is an extinct genus of ruminant that inhabited Eurasia during the Palaeogene and Neogene periods.
| Dremotherium Temporal range: Oligocene-Miocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Suborder: | Ruminantia |
| Genus: | †Dremotherium Geoffroy, 1833 |
Palaeoecology
editEvidence from analysis of dental microwear of D. guthi and D. quercyi at the Late Oligocene site of La Milloque in France suggests that the former was a grazer, whereas the latter was primarily a leaf browser.[1]
References
edit- ^ Novello, Alice; Blondel, Cécile; Brunet, Michel (December 2010). "Feeding behavior and ecology of the Late Oligocene Moschidae (Mammalia, Ruminantia) from La Milloque (France): Evidence from dental microwear analysis". Comptes Rendus Palevol. 9 (8): 471–478. doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2010.10.001. Retrieved 15 November 2024 – via Elsevier Science Direct.
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