Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Moschidae
Full reference: R. H. Tedford, T. Galusha, M. F. Skinner, B. E. Taylor, R. W. Fields, J. R. Macdonald, J. M. Rensberger, S. D. Webb, and D. P. Whistler. 1987. Faunal succession and biochronology of the Arikareean through Hemphillian interval (late Oligocene through earliest Pliocene epochs) in North America. Cenozoic Mammals of North America: Geochronology and Biostratigraphy 153-210
Parent taxon: Blastomerycinae according to D. R. Prothero 2008
See also Prothero 2007, Tedford et al. 1987 and Webb 1998
Sister taxa: Blastomeryx, Longirostromeryx, Machaeromeryx, Parablastomeryx, Problastomeryx
Subtaxa: Pseudoblastomeryx advena
Ecology: ground dwelling browser-grazer
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (9: California, Nebraska, Oregon, South Dakota, Wyoming collections)
• Harrisonian of United States (10: Nebraska, Oregon, South Dakota, Wyoming)
• Arikareean of United States (3: California, Wyoming)
Total: 22 collections each including a single occurrence
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