Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Moschidae
Full reference: M. W. Webb. 1998. New Saxonellidae, Plagiomenidae, and Pantolestidae from the late Paleocene of central Alberta, Canada. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 18(3):84A-85A
Parent taxon: Blastomerycinae according to D. R. Prothero 2008
See also Prothero 2007, Webb 1998 and Webb 1998
Sister taxa: Blastomeryx, Longirostromeryx, Machaeromeryx, Parablastomeryx, Pseudoblastomeryx
Subtaxa: Problastomeryx primus
Ecology: ground dwelling browser-grazer
Distribution:
• Miocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan collection), United States (6: Idaho, Nebraska, Nevada, Texas)
• Harrisonian of United States (3: Nebraska, South Dakota, Wyoming)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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