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Machaeromeryx tragulus

Osteichthyes - Moschidae

Taxonomy
Machaeromeryx tragulus was named by Matthew (1926). Its type specimen is A.M. 20548, a skeleton (skull, jaws, and nearly complete skeleton), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Agate (5-7 Miles NE), which is in a Harrisonian terrestrial horizon in the Marsland Formation of Nebraska. It is the type species of Machaeromeryx.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Machaeromeryx tragulus Matthew p. 1
2007Machaeromeryx tragulus Prothero p. 225
2008Machaeromeryx tragulus Prothero

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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
genusMachaeromeryx
speciestragulus

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.

†Machaeromeryx tragulus Matthew 1926
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
D. R. Prothero 2008Slightly longer lower premolars and m2 than M. gilchristensis.