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Yumaceras hamiltoni

Mammalia - Dromomerycidae

Taxonomy

Pediomeryx hamiltoni was named by Webb (1983). Its type locality is Love Bone Bed, which is in a Clarendonian marginal marine horizon in the Alachua Formation of Florida.

It was recombined as Yumaceras hamiltoni by Prothero and Liter (2007), Prothero and Liter (2008).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1983	Pediomeryx hamiltoni Webb
2007	Yumaceras hamiltoni Prothero and Liter p. 248
2008	Yumaceras hamiltoni Prothero and Liter

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes

Rank	Name	Author
class	Mammalia
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Boreoeutheria
—	Laurasiatheria
—	Scrotifera
—	Euungulata
—	Artiodactylamorpha
—	Artiodactyla	()
—	Ruminantiamorpha
—	Ruminantia	(Scopoli 1777)
—	Pecora	()
superfamily	Cervoidea
family	Dromomerycidae	Frick 1937
tribe	Cranioceratini	Frick 1937
genus	Yumaceras
species	hamiltoni	()

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.

†Yumaceras hamiltoni Webb 1983

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

terrestrialo

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Life habit:

ground dwellingf

Diet:

browserf

Reproduction:

viviparoussubc

Created:

2005-08-31 14:50:18

Modified:

2005-08-31 16:50:18

Source: f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum

References: Carroll 1988, Janis and Manning 1998, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Clarendonian to the top of the Hemphillian or 12.50000 to 4.70000 Ma

Collections (4 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Clarendonian	12.5 - 9.4	USA (Florida)	Yumaceras sp. (type locality: 18554)
Hemphillian	9.4 - 4.7	USA (Florida)	Pediomeryx hamiltoni (18563 26549)
early Early Hemphillian - late Early Hemphillian	9.4 - 4.7	USA (Florida)	Pediomeryx sp. (18539)