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Bouromeryx americanus
Taxonomy
Palaeomeryx americanus was named by Douglass (1899). It is a 3D body fossil.
It was recombined as Dromomeryx americanus by Douglass (1909); it was recombined as Barbouromeryx americanus by Frick (1937); it was recombined as Rakomeryx americanus by Shotwell (1968); it was recombined as Bouromeryx americanus by Voorhies (1990), Tabrum and Nichols (2001), Prothero and Liter (2007) and Prothero and Liter (2008).
It was recombined as Dromomeryx americanus by Douglass (1909); it was recombined as Barbouromeryx americanus by Frick (1937); it was recombined as Rakomeryx americanus by Shotwell (1968); it was recombined as Bouromeryx americanus by Voorhies (1990), Tabrum and Nichols (2001), Prothero and Liter (2007) and Prothero and Liter (2008).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1899 | Palaeomeryx americanus Douglass p. 20 figs. Plate 4, figures 2 and 3 |
1899 | Palaeomeryx madisonius Douglass p. 23 |
1902 | Palaeomeryx americanus Hay p. 682 |
1902 | Palaeomeryx madisonius Hay p. 682 |
1904 | Palaeomeryx americanus Matthew p. 104 |
1904 | Palaeomeryx madisonius Matthew p. 104 |
1909 | Dromomeryx americanus Douglass |
1909 | Dromomeryx madisonius Douglass |
1922 | Dromomeryx parvus Cook |
1937 | Barbouromeryx americanus Frick |
1937 | Barbouromeryx madisonius Frick |
1937 | Barbouromeryx milleri Frick |
1937 | Barbouromeryx nebrascensis Frick |
1937 | Barbouromeryx pawniensis Frick |
1937 | Barbouromeryx pseudonebrascensis Frick |
1937 | Barbouromeryx supernebrascensis Frick |
1937 | Bouromeryx parvus Frick |
1968 | Rakomeryx americanus Shotwell |
1977 | Bouromeryx milleri Skinner et al. |
1977 | Bouromeryx parvus Skinner et al. |
1977 | Bouromeryx pawniensis Skinner et al. |
1977 | Bouromeryx pseudonebrascensis Skinner et al. |
1977 | Bouromeryx supernebrascensis Skinner et al. |
1990 | Bouromeryx americanus Voorhies |
1990 | Bouromeryx milleri Voorhies |
1990 | Bouromeryx pawniensis Voorhies |
1998 | Bouromeryx madisonius Janis and Manning |
1998 | Bouromeryx milleri Janis and Manning |
1998 | Bouromeryx pawniensis Janis and Manning |
2001 | Bouromeryx americanus Tabrum and Nichols |
2001 | Bouromeryx madisonius Tabrum and Nichols |
2007 | Bouromeryx americanus Prothero and Liter p. 247 |
2008 | Bouromeryx americanus Prothero and Liter |
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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.
†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]
Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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D. R. Prothero and M. R. Liter 2008 | Larger species of Bouromeryx (Table 1). |
Measurements
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Source: f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Janis and Manning 1998, Carroll 1988 |
Age range: base of the Barstovian to the top of the Miocene or 16.30000 to 5.33300 Ma
Collections (22 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Miocene | USA (California) | Bouromeryx americanus (19426) Bouromeryx milleri (19258) | |
Hemingfordian | USA (Nebraska) | Bouromeryx milleri (17871 17920 17952 17961 17990) | |
Hemingfordian | Canada (Saskatchewan) | Bouromeryx americanus (18003) | |
Hemingfordian | USA (Nevada) | Bouromeryx milleri (18960 18961 18962) | |
Hemingfordian - Barstovian | USA (California) | Bouromeryx milleri (19255 19319) | |
Barstovian | USA (Oregon) | Rakomeryx americanus (19017) | |
Barstovian | USA (Nebraska) | Bouromeryx americanus (18284) | |
Barstovian | USA (California) | Bouromeryx americanus (160741 160742) Bouromeryx milleri (19542) | |
Early/Lower Barstovian | USA (Nebraska) | Bouromeryx supernebrascensis (17976) | |
Early/Lower Barstovian | USA (Florida) | Bouromeryx parvus (18549) | |
Langhian | USA (California) | Bouromeryx americanus (59059) | |
Hemphillian | USA (Colorado) | Dromomeryx parvus (18495) |