Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Moschidae
Full reference: W. D. Matthew. 1926. On a new primitive deer and two traguloid genera from the Lower Miocene of Nebraska. American Museum Novitates 215:1-8
Parent taxon: Blastomerycinae according to D. R. Prothero 2008
See also Carroll 1988, Matthew 1926, Prothero 2007 and Webb 1998
Sister taxa: Blastomeryx, Longirostromeryx, Parablastomeryx, Problastomeryx, Pseudoblastomeryx
Subtaxa: Machaeromeryx gilchristensis Machaeromeryx tragulus
Type: Machaeromeryx tragulus
Ecology: ground dwelling browser-grazer
Distribution:
• Miocene of Panama (1 collection), United States (3: Florida, Nebraska)
• Harrisonian of United States (1: Nebraska)
• Arikareean of United States (3: California)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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