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Bretzia nebrascensis

Mammalia - Cervidae

Taxonomy
Bretzia nebrascensis was named by Gunnell and Foral (1994). Its type specimen is UMMP 42220, a partial skull (nearly complete right antler), and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Bretzia nebrascensis Gunnell and Foral. p. 378 fig. 1
2005Bretzia nebrascensis Morejohn et al.

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Ruminantiamorpha
—Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
—Pecora()
superfamilyCervoidea
familyCervidae
genusBretzia
speciesnebrascensis

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.

†Bretzia nebrascensis Gunnell and Foral. 1994
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
G. F. Gunnell and A. Foral 1994Differs from B. pseudalces in having anterior tine branching off of beam at burr, in having anterior tine distally oriented, in having anterior tine extending beyond anterior edge of palm, in having beam and palm angled posteriorly from burr, and in having a relatively narrow palm (anteroposteriorly).