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Aletomeryx marslandensis

Osteichthyes - Palaeomerycidae

Taxonomy
Aletomeryx marslandensis was named by Frick (1937). Its type locality is Marsland, which is in a Hemingfordian/Hemingfordian terrestrial horizon in the Runningwater Formation of Nebraska.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Aletomeryx marslandensis Frick
2007Aletomeryx marslandensis Prothero and Liter p. 245
2008Aletomeryx marslandensis Prothero and Liter

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Ruminantiamorpha
—Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
—Pecora()
superfamilyGiraffomorpha
familyPalaeomerycidaeLydekker 1883
subfamilyAletomerycinaeFrick 1937
genusAletomeryx
speciesmarslandensis

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.

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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
D. R. Prothero and M. R. Liter 2008“Larger than A. gracilis and smaller than S. riparius” (Frick, 1937, p. 162). Horns taller than those of A. gracilis. The p4 tends to be large relative to the much reduced p2-3.