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Blastomeryx is an extinct genus of musk deer endemic to North America. It lived during the Miocene epoch 20.4—10.3 mya, existing for approximately 10 million years. There may be only one species, Blastomeryx gemmifer. Blastomeryx was 75 centimetres (30 in) long and looked like a modern chevrotain. Its canines were elongated into tusks which it probably used to uproot plants and fend off predators. While Blastomeryx (as well as modern musk deer) lacked antlers, a Middle Miocene species had bony knobs on its skull, which have been interpreted as incipient horns.
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| dbo:abstract | Blastomeryx is an extinct genus of musk deer endemic to North America. It lived during the Miocene epoch 20.4—10.3 mya, existing for approximately 10 million years. There may be only one species, Blastomeryx gemmifer. Blastomeryx was 75 centimetres (30 in) long and looked like a modern chevrotain. Its canines were elongated into tusks which it probably used to uproot plants and fend off predators. While Blastomeryx (as well as modern musk deer) lacked antlers, a Middle Miocene species had bony knobs on its skull, which have been interpreted as incipient horns. (en) Blastomeryx es un género extinto de "mósquido" de la familia Moschidae , endémico de América del Norte que vivió entre el Oligoceno y el Mioceno hace entre 24,8-6,3 millones de años aproximadamente. Sólo contiene una especie, Blastomeryx gemmifer. (es) Blastomeryx is een uitgestorven geslacht van zoogdieren, dat voorkwam van het Vroeg-Mioceen tot het Laat-Plioceen. (nl) Il blastomerice (Blastomeryx Cope, 1877) è un artiodattilo fossile, i cui resti sono stati rinvenuti nei terreni del Miocene e del Pliocene del Nordamerica. Un tempo classificato fra i tragulidi (Tragulidae), questo animale non più grande di una grossa lepre è in realtà imparentato con uno dei più primitivi ruminanti viventi, il mosco (Moschus moschiferus). Come la forma attuale, anche Blastomeryx era dotato di due lunghi canini superiori a forma di zanne. Probabilmente viveva nelle foreste, e sfuggiva ai predatori grazie alla corsa. Le zampe di questa animale, infatti, erano ben adatte all'andatura veloce: i metapodi centrali erano già fusi come nelle forme odierne. La specie più nota è Blastomeryx advena, del Miocene inferiore del Dakota del Sud. (it) |
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| dbp:authority | Cope, 1877 (en) |
| dbp:imageCaption | Reconstruction (en) |
| dbp:subdivision | * B. cursor (Cook 1934) * B. gemmifer (Cope 1874) * B. vigoratus (Hay 1924) (en) |
| dbp:subdivisionRanks | Species (en) |
| dbp:synonyms | * B. elegans * B. francesca * B. medius * B. mollis * B. pristinus * B. tantillus (en) |
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| rdfs:comment | Blastomeryx is an extinct genus of musk deer endemic to North America. It lived during the Miocene epoch 20.4—10.3 mya, existing for approximately 10 million years. There may be only one species, Blastomeryx gemmifer. Blastomeryx was 75 centimetres (30 in) long and looked like a modern chevrotain. Its canines were elongated into tusks which it probably used to uproot plants and fend off predators. While Blastomeryx (as well as modern musk deer) lacked antlers, a Middle Miocene species had bony knobs on its skull, which have been interpreted as incipient horns. (en) Blastomeryx es un género extinto de "mósquido" de la familia Moschidae , endémico de América del Norte que vivió entre el Oligoceno y el Mioceno hace entre 24,8-6,3 millones de años aproximadamente. Sólo contiene una especie, Blastomeryx gemmifer. (es) Blastomeryx is een uitgestorven geslacht van zoogdieren, dat voorkwam van het Vroeg-Mioceen tot het Laat-Plioceen. (nl) Il blastomerice (Blastomeryx Cope, 1877) è un artiodattilo fossile, i cui resti sono stati rinvenuti nei terreni del Miocene e del Pliocene del Nordamerica. Un tempo classificato fra i tragulidi (Tragulidae), questo animale non più grande di una grossa lepre è in realtà imparentato con uno dei più primitivi ruminanti viventi, il mosco (Moschus moschiferus). Come la forma attuale, anche Blastomeryx era dotato di due lunghi canini superiori a forma di zanne. Probabilmente viveva nelle foreste, e sfuggiva ai predatori grazie alla corsa. Le zampe di questa animale, infatti, erano ben adatte all'andatura veloce: i metapodi centrali erano già fusi come nelle forme odierne. La specie più nota è Blastomeryx advena, del Miocene inferiore del Dakota del Sud. (it) |
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