Parablastomeryx Frick 1937 (musk deer)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Moschidae

Alternative spelling: Blastomeryx (Parablastomeryx)

Full reference: C. Frick. 1937. Horned ruminants of North America. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 69:1-669

Parent taxon: Blastomerycinae according to D. R. Prothero 2008

See also Emry and Eshelman 1998, Frick 1937, Prothero 2007, Tedford et al. 1987 and Webb 1998

Sister taxa: Blastomeryx, Longirostromeryx, Machaeromeryx, Problastomeryx, Pseudoblastomeryx

Subtaxa: Parablastomeryx floridanus Parablastomeryx gregorii

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Type: Parablastomeryx gregorii

Ecology: ground dwelling browser-grazer

Distribution:

• Miocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan collection), Panama (1), United States (9: Florida, Nebraska, Oregon, South Dakota)

Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence

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