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Plioceros blicki

Mammalia - Antilocapridae

Taxonomy
Plioceros blicki was named by Frick (1937) [genotype]. Its type locality is Santa Cruz, which is in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon in the Tesuque Formation of New Mexico. It is the type species of Plioceros.

It was recombined as Sphenophalos blicki by Stirton (1938).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Plioceros blicki Frick
1938Sphenophalos blicki Stirton
1987Plioceros blicki Tedford et al.
1993Plioceros blicki Tedford and Barghoorn
1998Plioceros blicki Janis and Manning

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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()
familyAntilocapridae
genusPlioceros
speciesblicki

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.

†Plioceros blicki Frick 1937
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available