Blastomeryx olcotti type locality: Harrisonian, Wyoming
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Moschidae
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Blastomeryx olcotti n. sp.
Matthew 1908
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| synonym of Problastomeryx primus | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Niobrara |
| Coordinates: | 42.8° North, 104.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 43.6° North, 99.4° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4-5 |
| Key time interval: | Harrisonian |
| Age range of interval: | 23.10000 - 18.50000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Arikaree | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | member | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: from "'Arickaree' formation" outcrops that are "probably continuous" with Upper Harrison exposures to the east | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Lithology description: none given | |
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some genera |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | AMNH |
Metadata
| Database number: | 74096 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-07-22 13:53:48 | Last modified: | 2007-07-22 16:53:48 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-07-22 13:53:48 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 24878. | 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] |