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Aletomerycinae
Taxonomy
Aletomerycinae was named by Frick (1937). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Palaeomerycidae by Prothero and Liter (2007), Prothero and Liter (2008).
It was assigned to Palaeomerycidae by Prothero and Liter (2007), Prothero and Liter (2008).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1937 | Aletomerycinae Frick |
| 2007 | Aletomerycinae Prothero and Liter p. 245 |
| 2008 | Aletomerycinae Prothero and Liter |
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Subfm. †Aletomerycinae Frick 1937
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G. †Aletomeryx Lull 1920
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†Aletomeryx gracilis Lull 1920
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Invalid names: Aletomeryx lugni Frick 1937 [synonym], Aletomeryx scotti Matthew 1924 [synonym], Blastomeryx marshi Lull 1920 [synonym]
†Aletomeryx marslandensis Frick 1937
†Aletomeryx occidentalis Whistler 1984
Invalid names: Blastomeryx pristinus Cook 1934 [nomen dubium], Dyseomeryx Stirton 1944 [synonym]
G. †Sinclairomeryx Frick 1937
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†Sinclairomeryx riparius Matthew 1924
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Invalid names: Sinclairomeryx sinclairi Frick 1937 [synonym], Sinclairomeryx tedi Frick 1937 [synonym]
Invalid names: Aletomerycini Frick 1937 [empty]
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| D. R. Prothero and M. R. Liter 2008 | Mesodont molars, with cingulae and Palaeomeryx fold (a ridge on the labial side of the protoconid that extends posteromedially) reduced or lost, upper canine reduced, upper premolar protocone reduced, orbit moved posteriorly (anterior rim over M3), older females with small supraorbital horns, ramus deeper, premolars reduced, antorbital vacuity present, metapodials lengthened (after Janis and Manning, 1998, p. 480). |
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Prothero and Liter 2007, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Hemingfordian or 20.43000 to 15.97000 Ma
Collections (28 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Harrisonian | USA (Nebraska) | Aletomeryx sp. (17856) Blastomeryx pristinus (17741) | |
| Early/Lower Hemingfordian | USA (Nebraska) | Aletomeryx gracilis (17865 17898 17989 18005) Aletomeryx lugni (17881) Aletomeryx marslandensis (156991 156993) Aletomeryx sp. (17892 17927) | |
| Early/Lower Hemingfordian | USA (California) | Aletomeryx occidentalis (19194) | |
| Early/Lower Hemingfordian | USA (Wyoming) | Aletomeryx gracilis (167863) | |
| Hemingfordian | Canada (Saskatchewan) | Aletomeryx sp. (18002) Sinclairomeryx sp. (18003) | |
| Hemingfordian | USA (Nebraska) | Sinclairomeryx riparius (17961 18000 18001) Sinclairomeryx tedi (17897 17907 17917) | |
| Hemingfordian | USA (Florida) | Blastomeryx marshi (18561) Diabolocornis simonsi (18597) | |
| Hemingfordian | USA (California) | Aletomeryx sp. (19358) | |
| Hemingfordian | USA (Wyoming) | Aletomeryx sp. (17886 17953) | |
| Barstovian | USA (Nevada) | Aletomeryx sp. (181731) | |
| Early/Lower Barstovian | USA (Nebraska) | Sinclairomeryx sp. (17905) |