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Meryceros (Submeryceros)
Taxonomy
Meryceros (Submeryceros) was named by Frick (1937) [named as subgenus of Meryceros by Frick 1937; earliest use as genus I know of; suggested to be synonymous with Merycodus by Janis and Manning 1998b]. Its type is Meryceros (Submeryceros) crucianus.
It was reranked as Submeryceros by Storer (1975), Voorhies (1990) and Janis and Manning (1998); it was synonymized subjectively with Merycodus by Beatty and Martin (2009).
It was assigned to Meryceros by Frick (1937); and to Antilocapridae by Storer (1975), Voorhies (1990) and Janis and Manning (1998).
It was reranked as Submeryceros by Storer (1975), Voorhies (1990) and Janis and Manning (1998); it was synonymized subjectively with Merycodus by Beatty and Martin (2009).
It was assigned to Meryceros by Frick (1937); and to Antilocapridae by Storer (1975), Voorhies (1990) and Janis and Manning (1998).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1937 | Meryceros (Submeryceros) Frick p. 370 |
| 1975 | Submeryceros Storer p. 63 |
| 1990 | Submeryceros Voorhies |
| 1998 | Submeryceros Janis and Manning p. 496 |
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Subg. †Meryceros (Submeryceros) Frick 1937
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available