The Status of Bootherium Brazosis

Abstract - The fossil musk ox Bootherium brazosis Hesse 1942 was distinguished as a species largely on the basis of spurious characters founded upon the misorientation of the type specimen. Correct orientation reveals that B. brazosis is conspecific with and a junior synonym of B. sargenti Gidley 19...

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Main Author: Ray, Clayton E.
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: Texas Memorial Museum, The University of Texas at Austin 1966
Subjects:
North America > United States > Texas > Brazos County
North America > United States > Texas > Brazos County
Musk Ox
Pitt's Bridge
taxonomy
musk ox
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2152/29873
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Summary:Abstract - The fossil musk ox Bootherium brazosis Hesse 1942 was distinguished as a species largely on the basis of spurious characters founded upon the misorientation of the type specimen. Correct orientation reveals that B. brazosis is conspecific with and a junior synonym of B. sargenti Gidley 1908. Texas Memorial Museum

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