Longirostromeryx clarendonensis Frick 1937 (musk deer)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Moschidae

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

Belongs to Longirostromeryx according to D. R. Prothero 2008

See also Frick 1937

Sister taxa: Longirostromeryx novomexicanus, Longirostromeryx wellsi

Type specimen: Its type locality is MacAdams Quarry, which is in a Clarendonian terrestrial horizon in Texas

Ecology: ground dwelling browser-grazer

Distribution: found only at MacAdams Quarry

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