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Blastomeryx cursor

Mammalia - Moschidae

Taxonomy
Blastomeryx cursor was named by Cook (1934). Its type specimen is No. HC142, a partial skeleton (part maxillae and upper teeth from both sides, two lower molars and parts of limbs and feet), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is American Museum-Cook Quarry, which is in a Harrisonian terrestrial horizon in the Marsland Formation of Nebraska.

It was synonymized subjectively with Barbouromeryx trigonocorneus by Prothero (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. schultzi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Blastomeryx cursor Cook p. 158

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Ruminantiamorpha
—Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
—Pecora()
superfamilyBovoidea
familyMoschidae
subfamilyBlastomerycinaeFrick 1937
genusBlastomeryxCope 1877
speciescursor

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Blastomeryx cursor Cook 1934
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available