Blastomeryx olcotti type locality ( of the United States)

Where: Niobrara County, Wyoming (42.8° N, 104.5° W: paleocoordinates 43.6° N, 99.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Arikaree Group, Harrisonian (24.8 - 18.5 Ma)

• from "'Arickaree' formation" outcrops that are "probably continuous" with Upper Harrison exposures to the east

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

• none given

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the AMNH

Primary reference: W. D. Matthew. 1908. Osteology of Blastomeryx and phylogeny of the American Cervidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 24(27):535-562 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 74096: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 22.07.2007

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Moschidae
"Blastomeryx olcotti n. sp." = Problastomeryx primus
"Blastomeryx olcotti n. sp." = Problastomeryx primus Matthew 1908 musk deer