†Parablastomeryx gregorii Frick 1937 (musk deer)
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Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Moschidae
Full reference: C. Frick. 1937. Horned ruminants of North America. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 69:1-669
Belongs to Parablastomeryx according to D. R. Prothero 2008
See also Frick 1937 and Prothero 2007
Sister taxon: Parablastomeryx floridanus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Xmas Quarry, which is in a Clarendonian terrestrial horizon in the Ash Hollow Formation of Nebraska
Ecology: ground dwelling browser-grazer
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (6: Florida, Nebraska, South Dakota collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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