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Simimeryx minutus

Mammalia - Praetragulidae

Taxonomy
Leptomeryx minutus was named by Peterson (1934). Its type specimen is CM 11913, a mandible (Portion of right ramus of mandible with P4-M2), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Red Narrows, which is in a Duchesnean terrestrial horizon in the Duchesne River Formation of Utah.

It was recombined as Simimeryx minutus by Gazin (1955), Golz (1976) and Vislobokova (2001).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Leptomeryx minutus Peterson
1955Simimeryx minutus Gazin
1976Simimeryx minutus Golz
2001Simimeryx minutus Vislobokova p. S140

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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
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Ruminantiamorpha
—Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
infraorderTragulina
superfamilyHypertraguloidea
familyPraetragulidae
genusSimimeryx
speciesminutus()

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.

†Simimeryx minutus Peterson 1934
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: grazero
Diet 2: browsero
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 14:03:05
Modified: 2005-09-19 12:23:23
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: Duchesnean or 39.70000 to 37.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Duchesnean39.7 - 37.0USA (Utah) Leptomeryx minutus (type locality: 16852)