Longirostromeryx

Longirostromeryx is an extinct genus of musk deer, that lived during the Miocene epoch in what is now central North America. There are three, perhaps four, recognized species: Longirostromeryx blicki, L. clarendoniensis, L. novomexicanus, and L. wellsi.

Longirostromeryx
Temporal range: middle Miocene to late Pliocene[1]
Female from the Ashfall Fossil Beds
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Moschidae
Subfamily: †Blastomerycinae
Genus: †Longirostromeryx
Frick, 1937
Type species
†Blastomeryx wellsi
Species[2]
  • †?L. blicki
  • †L. clarendoniensis
  • †L. novomexicanus
  • †L. wellsi
Replica of a male skull; note long canines

Notes
  1. McKenna & Bell, 1997, p. 421.
  2. Webb, 1998, p.473

References
  • McKenna, Malcolm C., and Bell, Susan K. 1997. Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level. Columbia University Press, New York, 631 pp. ISBN 0-231-11013-8
  • Webb, S.D., 1998. Hornless ruminants. pp. 463–476 in C.M. Janis, K.M. Scott, and L.L. Jacobs (eds.) Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. ISBN 0-521-35519-2
  • The Book of Life: An Illustrated History of the Evolution of Life on Earth by Jean-Paul Tibbles, Peter Andrews, John Barber, and Michael Benton


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