Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Moschidae
Parent taxon: Moschidae according to D. R. Prothero 2007
See also Prothero 2008
Sister taxa: Bedenomeryx, Dremotherium, Friburgomeryx, Hispanomeryx, Hydropotopsis, Moschinae, Oriomeryx, Pomelomeryx
Subtaxa: Blastomeryx Longirostromeryx Machaeromeryx Parablastomeryx Problastomeryx Pseudoblastomeryx
Ecology: ground dwelling browser-grazer
Distribution:
• Miocene of Canada (9: Saskatchewan collections), Panama (1), United States (104: California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming)
• Harrisonian of United States (18: Montana, Nebraska, Oregon, South Dakota, Wyoming)
• Arikareean of United States (8: California, Montana, Oregon, Wyoming)
Total: 140 collections including 149 occurrences