Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Moschidae
Alternative combinations: Dicrocerus gemmifer, Merycodus gemmifer
Synonyms: Blastomeryx elegans Matthew and Cook 1909, Blastomeryx francesca Frick 1937, Blastomeryx medius Matthew 1924, Blastomeryx mefferdi Frick 1937
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1874. Report on the stratigraphy and Pliocene vertebrate paleontology of northern Colorado. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories 1(1):9-22
Belongs to Blastomeryx according to D. R. Prothero 2008
See also Cope 1874, Cope 1875, Cope 1875, Cope 1893, Frick 1937, Galbreath 1953, Hay 1902, Matthew 1904, Matthew 1904, Matthew 1908, Matthew 1924, Matthew and Cook 1909, Prothero 2007, Voorhies 1990 and Webb 1998
Sister taxa: Blastomeryx cursor, Blastomeryx vigoratus
Type specimens:
- Blastomeryx gemmifer: AMNH 8300, a tooth
- Blastomeryx elegans: AMNH 14101, a mandible (m3). Its type locality is Snake Creek Fauna, which is in a Barstovian/Clarendonian channel sandstone in Nebraska.
- Blastomeryx francesca:
- Blastomeryx medius: Its type locality is Thomson Quarry, which is in a Hemingfordian terrestrial horizon in the Sheep Creek Formation of Nebraska.
- Blastomeryx mefferdi: Its type locality is Devil's Gulch Horse Quarry, which is in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon in the Valentine Formation of Nebraska.
Distribution:
• Miocene of Canada (6: Saskatchewan collections), United States (20: Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico)
• Arikareean of United States (1: Montana)
Total: 27 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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