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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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