Machaeromeryx tragulus Matthew 1926 (musk deer)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Moschidae

Full reference: W. D. Matthew. 1926. On a new primitive deer and two traguloid genera from the Lower Miocene of Nebraska. American Museum Novitates 215:1-8

Belongs to Machaeromeryx according to D. R. Prothero 2008

See also Matthew 1926 and Prothero 2007

Sister taxon: Machaeromeryx gilchristensis

Type specimen: A.M. 20548, a skeleton (skull, jaws, and nearly complete skeleton). Its type locality is Agate (5-7 Miles NE), which is in a Harrisonian terrestrial horizon in the Marsland Formation of Nebraska.

Ecology: ground dwelling browser-grazer

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (1: Nebraska collection)

• Harrisonian of United States (1: Nebraska)

• Arikareean of United States (3: California)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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