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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).
It was synonymized subjectively with Barbouromeryx trigonocorneus by Prothero (2008).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1934 | Blastomeryx cursor Cook p. 158 |
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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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Source: f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 |
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