†Blastomeryx Cope 1877 (musk deer)
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Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Moschidae
Parent taxon: Blastomerycinae according to D. R. Prothero 2008
See also Alroy 2002, Carroll 1988, Cook 1934, Hay 1902, Matthew 1904, Matthew 1908, Prothero 2007 and Webb 1998
Sister taxa: Longirostromeryx, Machaeromeryx, Parablastomeryx, Problastomeryx, Pseudoblastomeryx
Subtaxa: Blastomeryx cursor Blastomeryx gemmifer Blastomeryx vigoratus
Type: Merycodus gemmifer
Ecology: ground dwelling browser-grazer
Distribution:
• Miocene of Canada (7: Saskatchewan collections), United States (26: Florida, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Texas)
• Arikareean of United States (1: Montana)
Total: 34 collections each including a single occurrence
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