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Plioceros
Taxonomy
Plioceros was named by Frick (1937). It is not extant. Its type is Plioceros blicki.
It was synonymized subjectively with Sphenophalos by Stirton (1938), Webb (1969), Webb (1973) and Miller and Downs (1974).
It was assigned to Antilocapridae by Frick (1937), Woodburne and Golz (1972), Tedford (1981), Janis and Scott (1987), Tedford et al. (1987), Carroll (1988), Voorhies (1990), Leite (1991), Lozinsky and Tedford (1991), Whistler and Burbank (1992), Tedford and Barghoorn (1993) and Janis and Manning (1998).
It was synonymized subjectively with Sphenophalos by Stirton (1938), Webb (1969), Webb (1973) and Miller and Downs (1974).
It was assigned to Antilocapridae by Frick (1937), Woodburne and Golz (1972), Tedford (1981), Janis and Scott (1987), Tedford et al. (1987), Carroll (1988), Voorhies (1990), Leite (1991), Lozinsky and Tedford (1991), Whistler and Burbank (1992), Tedford and Barghoorn (1993) and Janis and Manning (1998).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1937 | Plioceros Frick |
| 1972 | Plioceros Woodburne and Golz |
| 1981 | Plioceros Tedford |
| 1987 | Plioceros Janis and Scott |
| 1987 | Plioceros Tedford et al. |
| 1988 | Plioceros Carroll |
| 1990 | Plioceros Voorhies |
| 1991 | Plioceros Leite |
| 1991 | Plioceros Lozinsky and Tedford |
| 1992 | Plioceros Whistler and Burbank |
| 1993 | Plioceros Tedford and Barghoorn |
| 1998 | Plioceros Janis and Manning |
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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. †Plioceros Frick 1937
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†Plioceros blicki Frick 1937
†Plioceros dehlini Frick 1937
†Plioceros floblairi Frick 1937
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available