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Dromomerycinae

Mammalia - Palaeomerycidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Dromomerycidae Frick
1998Dromomerycidae Janis and Manning
2006Dromomerycinae Hulbert and Whitmore p. 12
2007Dromomerycinae Prothero and Liter p. 245
2008Dromomerycinae Prothero and Liter

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
Ruminantiamorpha
Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
Pecora()
superfamilyCervoidea
familyPalaeomerycidaeLydekker 1883
subfamilyDromomerycinae(Frick 1937)
subfamilyDromomerycinae(Frick 1937)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subfm. †Dromomerycinae Frick 1937
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Tr. †Cranioceratini Frick 1937
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G. †Barbouromeryx Frick 1937
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Subg. †Barbouromeryx (Barbouromeryx) Frick 1937
Barbouromeryx cursor Cook 1922
Barbouromeryx trigonocorneus Barbour and Schultz 1934
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Invalid names: Barbouromeryx (Probarbouromeryx) sweeti Frick 1937 [synonym], Barbouromeryx (Protobarbouromeryx) marslandensis Frick 1937 [synonym], Parablastomeryx galushi Frick 1937 [synonym]
Invalid names: Barbouromeryx (Probarbouromeryx) Frick 1937 [invalid subgroup], Barbouromeryx (Protobarbouromeryx) Frick 1937 [invalid subgroup]
G. †Bouromeryx Skinner et al. 1977
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Bouromeryx americanus Douglass 1899
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Invalid names: Barbouromeryx nebrascensis Frick 1937 [synonym], Bouromeryx milleri Frick 1937 [synonym], Bouromeryx pawniensis Frick 1937 [synonym], Bouromeryx pseudonebrascensis Frick 1937 [synonym], Bouromeryx supernebrascensis Frick 1937 [synonym], Dromomeryx parvus Cook 1922 [synonym], Palaeomeryx madisonius Douglass 1899 [synonym]
Bouromeryx submilleri Frick 1937
G. †Cranioceras Matthew 1918
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Cranioceras pawniensis Frick 1937
Cranioceras teres Cope 1874
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Invalid names: Cranioceras clarendonensis Frick 1937 [synonym], Cranioceras dakotensis Frick 1937 [synonym]
Cranioceras unicornis Matthew 1918
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Invalid names: Cranioceras granti Frick 1937 [synonym], Cranioceras mefferdi Frick 1937 [synonym]
G. †Pediomeryx Stirton 1936
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Pediomeryx hemphillensis Stirton 1936
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Invalid names: Procoileus edensis Frick 1937 [synonym], Yumaceras falkenbachi Frick 1937 [synonym]
G. †Procranioceras Frick 1937
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G. †Yumaceras Frick 1937
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Yumaceras figginsi Frick 1937
Yumaceras hamiltoni Webb 1983
Yumaceras ruminalis Stirton 1939
Tr. †Dromomerycini Frick 1937
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G. †Drepanomeryx Sinclair 1915
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Drepanomeryx falciformis Sinclair 1915
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Invalid names: Drepanomeryx (Matthomeryx) matthewi Frick 1937 [synonym]
Invalid names: Drepanomeryx (Drepanomeryx) Sinclair 1915 [invalid subgroup], Drepanomeryx (Matthomeryx) Frick 1937 [invalid subgroup]
G. †Dromomeryx Douglass 1909
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Dromomeryx borealis Cope 1877
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Invalid names: Dromomeryx pawniensis Frick 1937 [synonym], Dromomeryx whitfordi Sinclair 1915 [synonym]
G. †Rakomeryx Frick 1937
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Rakomeryx sinclairi Matthew 1918
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Invalid names: Rakomeryx gazini Frick 1937 [synonym], Rakomeryx jorakianus Frick 1937 [synonym], Rakomeryx raki Frick 1937 [synonym], Rakomeryx yermonensis Frick 1937 [synonym]
G. †Subdromomeryx Frick 1937
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Invalid names: Rakomeryx kinseyi Frick 1937 [synonym], Subdromomeryx scotti Frick 1937 [synonym], Subdromomeryx wilsoni Frick 1937 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 14:50:18
Modified: 2005-08-31 16:50:18
Source: f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Janis and Manning 1998, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the late Early Hemphillian or 20.44000 to 4.90000 Ma

Collections (207 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Harrisonian24.8 - 20.43USA (Oregon) Dromomerycidae indet. (19037) Dromomerycinae indet. (170308)
Harrisonian24.8 - 20.43USA (Nebraska) Barbouromeryx sp. (17843 28043) Blastomeryx cursor (17744)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Nevada) Dromomeryx sp. (18922)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Montana) Dromomerycinae indet. (19012) Dromomeryx borealis (19120) Dromomeryx borealis, Rakomeryx kinseyi (18969) Dromomeryx sp. (18919)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Nebraska) Cranioceras granti (18049) Cranioceras sp. (18354)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Wyoming) Dromomerycidae indet. (18407)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Texas) Cranioceras clarendonensis (18312)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (California) Bouromeryx americanus, Rakomeryx sinclairi (19426) Bouromeryx milleri (19258) Bouromeryx sp. (19577) Cranioceras sp. (19428) Dromomerycidae indet. (19425) Dromomeryx sp. (19294) Pediomeryx ruminalis (19459) Rakomeryx raki (19336 19427)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (South Dakota) Cranioceras unicornis (18064)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Oregon) Dromomeryx borealis (18953 18994 18995 19028) Dromomeryx sp. (19063 19064)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (California) Bouromeryx submilleri (19151)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Delaware) Blastomeryx galushai (18579)
Early/Lower Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Oregon) Barbouromeryx sp. (167866) Barbouromeryx submilleri (17966 17967) Bouromeryx sp. (18015)
Early/Lower Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Nebraska) Barbouromeryx sweeti (17881) Barbouromeryx trigonocorneus (17927)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Colorado) Barbouromeryx sp. (17965) Bouromeryx sp., Dromomeryx sp. (17908)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Wyoming) Barbouromeryx sp. (19074 19075) Barbouromeryx sp., Bouromeryx sp. (19073)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (California) Dromomerycinae indet. (19599)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Nevada) Bouromeryx milleri (18960) Bouromeryx submilleri (18964) Bouromeryx submilleri, Dromomeryx scotti, Bouromeryx milleri (18961 18962)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Oregon) Dromomeryx sp., Rakomeryx sinclairi (212622 212626 212627) Rakomeryx sinclairi (212625)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97Canada (Saskatchewan) Barbouromeryx sp. (18002) Bouromeryx sp., Bouromeryx americanus (18003)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (South Dakota) Barbouromeryx sp., Parablastomeryx galushi (17912)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Nebraska) Barbouromeryx sp., Bouromeryx submilleri (17915) Bouromeryx milleri (17871 17952 17990) Bouromeryx sp. (17991) Bouromeryx submilleri, Subdromomeryx scotti, Bouromeryx milleri (17920) Cranioceras sp. (17999) Dromomeryx scotti (18001) Dromomeryx scotti, Bouromeryx milleri (17961) Dromomeryx trigonocorneus (17867) Dromomeryx whitfordi (17916)
Hemingfordian - Barstovian20.43 - 13.6USA (Oregon) Dromomeryx borealis (18864)
Hemingfordian - Barstovian20.43 - 13.6USA (California) Bouromeryx milleri (19255 19319)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82USA (California) Bouromeryx americanus (59059)
Barstovian15.97 - 13.6USA (Idaho) Dromomeryx sp. (19013)
Barstovian15.97 - 13.6USA (Colorado) Dromomeryx pawniensis (18203)
Barstovian15.97 - 13.6USA (Nevada) Dromomeryx borealis (19088) Dromomeryx sp., Cranioceras sp. (19103)
Barstovian15.97 - 13.6USA (Oregon) Dromomeryx borealis (18809 19011 19056 19092) Dromomeryx borealis, Rakomeryx americanus (19017) Dromomeryx sp. (19031)
Barstovian15.97 - 13.6USA (Texas) Barbouromeryx submilleri (18607)
Barstovian15.97 - 13.6Canada (Saskatchewan) Cranioceras skinneri (18758 18765 18769 18774 18785 18786 18787 18797)
Barstovian15.97 - 13.6USA (California) Bouromeryx americanus (160741 160742) Bouromeryx milleri (19542) Cranioceras sp. (19392) Rakomeryx raki (19314 19472 19557) Rakomeryx yermonensis (19616) Ruminantia indet. (19162)
Barstovian15.97 - 13.6USA (New Mexico) Cranioceras sp. (19287) Cranioceras teres (19535)
Barstovian15.97 - 13.6USA (Montana) Dromomeryx antilopinus, Dromomeryx borealis (18894)
Barstovian15.97 - 13.6USA (South Dakota) Dromomerycini indet. (18160)
Barstovian15.97 - 13.6USA (Nebraska) Bouromeryx americanus (18284) Cranioceras granti (18119) Cranioceras mefferdi (18281) Cranioceras skinneri (18121 18123 18124 18164 18192 18206 18209 18275 18442 18443) Cranioceras sp. (18412) Dromomerycinae indet. (18208 18248) Dromomeryx borealis (18261)
Early/Lower Barstovian15.97 - 13.6USA (New Mexico) Dromomeryx borealis (19547)
Early/Lower Barstovian15.97 - 13.6USA (Florida) Bouromeryx sp. (18524) Rakomeryx sp., Bouromeryx parvus (18549)
Early/Lower Barstovian15.97 - 13.6USA (Nebraska) Bouromeryx nebrascensis, Dromomeryx whitfordi (17905) Bouromeryx supernebrascensis, Drepanomeryx matthewi, Dromomeryx whitfordi (17976) Cranioceras unicornis, Dromomeryx whitfordi, Rakomeryx sinclairi (17995) Drepanomeryx falciformis (17971) Drepanomeryx falciformis, Dromomeryx whitfordi (17983) Dromomeryx whitfordi (17904 17911 17996)
Early/Lower Barstovian15.97 - 13.6USA (Texas) Bouromeryx sp., Drepanomeryx falciformis (18665)
Barstovian - Clarendonian15.97 - 10.3USA (Nebraska) Cervavus sinclairi, Cranioceras unicornis (230906) Cranioceras mefferdi (18270) Cranioceras skinneri (18235) Cranioceras unicornis (18077)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Virginia) Dromomerycidae indet. (57700)
Clarendonian13.6 - 10.3USA (Nebraska) Cranioceras granti (18042 18118 18135 18214 18218 18227 18333 18334 18335 18458 18496) Cranioceras mefferdi (18152 18260 18408) Cranioceras sp. (18106 18221 18314 18315 188779) Cranioceras unicornis (18082 18176 18301 18336)
Clarendonian13.6 - 10.3USA (South Dakota) Cranioceras dakotensis (18063) Cranioceras unicornis (18484)
Clarendonian13.6 - 10.3USA (California) Cranioceras sp. (19393 19497) Dromomeryx sp. (19145) Palaeomerycidae indet. (19553)
Clarendonian13.6 - 10.3USA (Texas) Cranioceras clarendonensis (18244) Cranioceras sp. (18098) Palaeomerycidae indet. (18610 18623)
Clarendonian13.6 - 10.3USA (Kansas) Cranioceras sp. (18219) Cranioceratini indet. (18186)
Late/Upper Clarendonian13.6 - 10.3USA (Nebraska) Cranioceras unicornis (18066)
Late/Upper Clarendonian13.6 - 10.3USA (Florida) Yumaceras sp. (18554)
Clarendonian - Hemphillian13.6 - 4.9USA (South Dakota) Cranioceras dakotensis (18352 18421)
Clarendonian - Hemphillian13.6 - 4.9USA (Washington) Cranioceras unicornis (175228)
Clarendonian - Hemphillian13.6 - 4.9USA (Nebraska) Cranioceras unicornis (18236) Pediomeryx sp. (18305 18326)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246USA (California) Cranioceras unicornis (19466)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246USA (Florida) Procranioceras skinneri (18509)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Alabama) Cervidae indet. (18559)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Colorado) Drepanomeryx falciformis, Dromomeryx parvus, Sphenophalos figginsi (18495)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Oklahoma) Pediomeryx figginsi (18034) Pediomeryx hemphillensis (18304)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Kansas) Pediomeryx hemphillensis (18342) Pediomeryx sp. (18263) Yumaceras sp. (18111 18241)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Florida) Pediomeryx hamiltoni (18563 26549) Pediomeryx sp. (18564)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Nebraska) Cranioceras unicornis (18323) Pediomeryx figginsi (18086) Pediomeryx hemphillensis (18499) Pediomeryx sp. (18225)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Texas) Pediomeryx figginsi (18072 18198) Pediomeryx hemphillensis (18097)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Texas) Pediomeryx hemphillensis (18093)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Nebraska) Pediomeryx sp. (18126 18247 18359)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (California) Pediomeryx hemphillensis (19582) Procoileus edensis (19445)
early Early Hemphillian - late Early Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Florida) Pediomeryx sp. (18539)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Pediomeryx sp. (52582)