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Merycodontinae

Mammalia - Antilocapridae

Taxonomy
Merycodontidae was named by Matthew (1904). It was considered paraphyletic by Janis and Manning (1998).

It was reranked as the subfamily Merycodontinae by Janis and Manning (1998).

It was assigned to Ruminantia by Gregory (1910); to Ruminantii by Jaekel (1911); and to Antilocapridae by Janis and Manning (1998).

Subtaxa
Cosoryx, Ramoceros

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1904Merycodontidae Matthew p. 103
1910Merycodontidae Gregory p. 466
1911Merycodontidae Jaekel p. 234
1998Merycodontinae Janis and Manning p. 495

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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
subfamilyMerycodontinae()
subfamilyMerycodontinae()

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.

Subfm. †Merycodontinae Matthew 1904
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G. †Cosoryx Leidy 1869
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Subg. †Cosoryx (Paracosoryx) Frick 1937
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†Cosoryx (Paracosoryx) sabulonis Matthew and Cook 1909
Subg. †Cosoryx (Subcosoryx) Frick 1937
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Subg. †Cosoryx (Subparacosoryx) Frick 1937
†Cosoryx furcatus Leidy 1869
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†Cosoryx furcatus mooki Frick 1937
Invalid names: Cosoryx (Paracosoryx) burgensis Frick 1937 [synonym], Cosoryx agilis Douglass 1899 [synonym], Cosoryx burgensis Frick 1937 [synonym]
†Cosoryx ilfonsensis Frick 1937
G. †Ramoceros Frick 1937
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Subg. †Ramoceros (Merriamoceros) Frick 1937
†Ramoceros osborni Matthew 1904
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Invalid names: Ramoceros (Paramoceros) howardae Frick 1937 [synonym], Ramoceros (Paramoceros) kansanus Frick 1937 [synonym], Ramoceros hitchcockensis Frick 1937 [synonym]
†Ramoceros ramosus Cope 1874
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available