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Pseudoblastomeryx advena

Mammalia - Moschidae

Taxonomy
Blastomeryx advena was named by Matthew (1907). Its type specimen is AMNH 13014, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is AMNH Rosebud 29, which is in a Harrisonian terrestrial horizon in the Rosebud Formation of South Dakota.

It was recombined as Parablastomeryx advena by Frick (1937); it was recombined as Pseudoblastomeryx advena by Webb (1998), Prothero (2007) and Prothero (2008).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1907Blastomeryx advena Matthew
1908Blastomeryx advena Matthew p. 543
1934Blastomeryx tantillus Cook p. 159
1937Parablastomeryx advena Frick
1937Parablastomeryx falkenbachi Frick
1937Parablastomeryx marsa Frick
1937Parablastomeryx schultzi Frick
1963Blastomeryx advena Macdonald
1970Blastomeryx advena Macdonald
1987Pseudoblastomeryx falkenbachi Tedford et al.
1987Pseudoblastomeryx marsa Tedford et al.
1987Pseudoblastomeryx schultzi Tedford et al.
1998Pseudoblastomeryx advena Webb
1998Pseudoblastomeryx falkenbachi Webb
1998Pseudoblastomeryx schultzi Webb
2007Pseudoblastomeryx advena Prothero p. 225
2008Pseudoblastomeryx advena Prothero

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
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
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
Ruminantiamorpha
Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
Pecora()
familyMoschidae
subfamilyBlastomerycinaeFrick 1937
genusPseudoblastomeryx
speciesadvena()

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.

Pseudoblastomeryx advena Matthew 1907
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Invalid names: Blastomeryx tantillus Cook 1934 [synonym], Pseudoblastomeryx falkenbachi Frick 1937 [synonym], Pseudoblastomeryx marsa Frick 1937 [synonym], Pseudoblastomeryx schultzi Frick 1937 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
D. R. Prothero 2008Smaller species of late Arikareean-early Hemingfordian blastomerycines with unreduced premolar row (70% or more of molar row length). Differs from all other blastomerycines except Machaeromeryx in its smaller size, but it is significantly larger than Machaeromeryx.