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Oreamnos (mountain goat)

Mammalia - Bovidae

Taxonomy
Oreamnos was named by Rafinesque (1817) [possibly named as a subgenus of Mazama]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Bovidae by Rafinesque (1817) and Carroll (1988); to Rupicaprini by Grubb (2001); and to Caprinae by Kurten and Anderson (1980) and Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008).

Synonyms
  • Aplocerus was named by Hamilton-Smith (1827).

    It was synonymized subjectively with Oreamnos by Frick (1927), Hall and Kellogg (1955) and Hall and Kelson (1959).
  • Haplocerus was named by Wagner (1844).

    It was synonymized subjectively with Oreamnos by Frick (1937), Hall and Kellogg (1955) and Hall and Kelson (1959).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1817Oreamnos Rafinesque
1827Aplocerus Hamilton-Smith
1844Haplocerus Wagner
1980Oreamnos Kurten and Anderson p. 327
1988Oreamnos Carroll
2001Oreamnos Grubb p. 382
2008Oreamnos Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 979 figs. Fig. 5

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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()
familyBovidae
genusOreamnosRafinesque 1817

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.

G. Oreamnos Rafinesque 1817 [mountain goat]
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Oreamnos americanus Blainville 1816
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Invalid names: Mazama dorsata Rafinesque 1817 [synonym], Ovis montanus Ord 1815 [synonym]
†Oreamnos harringtoni Stock 1936
Invalid names: Aplocerus Hamilton-Smith 1827 [synonym], Haplocerus Wagner 1844 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: grazerf
Diet 2: browserf
Reproduction: viviparousf
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-09-22 12:01:17
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Irvingtonian to the top of the Rancholabrean or 1.80000 to 0.01200 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.3 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Nevada) Oreamnos americanus (20136)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Colorado) Oreamnos harringtoni (20477)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Utah) Oreamnos harringtoni (70126)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Wyoming) Oreamnos sp. (93277)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Canada (British Columbia) Oreamnos sp. (20632)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Haplocerus sp. (74235)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Canada (British Columbia) Oreamnos americanus (74495 74496)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Haplocerus montanus (155393)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Oreamnos harringtoni (76060)