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Paleoodocoileus salinae

Osteichthyes - Cervidae

Taxonomy
Paleoodocoileus salinae was named by Frick (1937). Its type specimen is F:AM 28284, a mandible (partial left ramus with p2-m3), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Odocoileus salinae by Frick (1937), Lindsey and Lopez (2015).

Entered
by J. Marcot on 2026-04-22; modified by J. Marcot on 2026-04-22

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Odocoileus salinae Frick pp. 206, 208, 213 fig. 21
1937Paleoodocoileus salinae Frick p. 213
2015Odocoileus salinae Lindsey and Lopez p. 72

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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()
suborderRuminantiaScopoli 1777
—Pecora()
superfamilyCervoidea
familyCervidae
—Telemetacarpalia
tribeOdocoileini(Pocock 1923)
genusPaleoodocoileusRafinesque 1832
speciessalinae

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
No diagnoses are available