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Merycoidodon (Anomerycoidodon) lambi

Mammalia - Merycoidodontidae

Taxonomy
Merycoidodon (Anomerycoidodon) lambi was named by Schultz and Falkenbach (1968). Its type specimen is F:AM 72139, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was synonymized subjectively with Merycoidodon major by Stevens and Stevens (1996); it was synonymized subjectively with Blickohyus auritus by Lander (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Merycoidodon (Anomerycoidodon) lambi Schultz and Falkenbach p. 77 figs. igures 4-6, 19-23, 51

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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()
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
familyMerycoidodontidae
subfamilyMerycoidodontinae
genusMerycoidodon
subgenusAnomerycoidodon
specieslambi

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.

Merycoidodon (Anomerycoidodon) lambi Schultz and Falkenbach 1968
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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: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 14:37:21
Modified: 2005-08-31 16:37:21
Source: f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Lander 1998, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available