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Oxydactylus wyomingensis

Mammalia - Camelidae

Taxonomy
Gentilicamelus wyomingensis was named by Loomis (1936). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bear Creek, which is in a Harrisonian terrestrial horizon in Wyoming.

It was synonymized subjectively with Oxydactylus campestris by Stevens (1977); it was recombined as Oxydactylus wyomingensis by Macdonald (1963), McKenna (1966), Macdonald (1970), Prothero (1996) and Honey et al. (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Gentilicamelus wyomingensis Loomis
1963Oxydactylus wyomingensis Macdonald
1966Oxydactylus wyomingensis McKenna
1970Oxydactylus wyomingensis Macdonald
1996Oxydactylus wyomingensis Prothero
1998Oxydactylus wyomingensis Honey et al. p. 451

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
familyCamelidae
genusOxydactylus
specieswyomingensis()

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.

†Oxydactylus wyomingensis Loomis 1936
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: browserf
Diet 2: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-31 16:42:02
Source: f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Arikareean to the top of the Harrisonian or 29.50000 to 18.50000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Geringian30.8 - 26.3USA (South Dakota) Oxydactylus wyomingensis (17624 17638)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (South Dakota) Oxydactylus wyomingensis (17517)
Harrisonian24.8 - 18.5USA (Wyoming) Gentilicamelus wyomingensis (type locality: 17759)