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Merycodus minor

Mammalia - Antilocapridae

Taxonomy
Meryceros minor was named by Frick (1937). Its type locality is Horse and Mastodon Quarry, which is in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon in the Pawnee Creek Formation of Colorado.

It was recombined as Submeryceros minor by Voorhies (1990); it was recombined as Merycodus minor by Beatty and Martin (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Meryceros minor Frick
1990Submeryceros minor Voorhies
2009Merycodus minor Beatty and Martin p. 32

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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
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
Ruminantiamorpha
Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
Pecora()
familyAntilocapridae
genusMerycodus
speciesminor()

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.

Merycodus minor Frick 1937
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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: browserg
Diet 2: grazerg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2009-01-04 10:46:01
Modified: 2009-01-04 12:46:01
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Solounias and Moelleken 1993, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Barstovian to the top of the Hemingfordian or 16.30000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Nebraska) Meryceros minor (18000)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Colorado) Meryceros minor (type locality: 18203)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nebraska) Merycodus minor (18208 18248 18284) Submeryceros minor (18442)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5Canada (Saskatchewan) Submeryceros minor (18797)