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Triceromeryx pachecoi

Mammalia - Palaeomerycidae

Taxonomy

Triceromeryx pachecoi was named by Villalta et al. (1946).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1946	Triceromeryx pachecoi Villalta et al.
1978	Triceromeryx pachecoi Hamilton p. 199

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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	Giraffomorpha
family	Palaeomerycidae	Lydekker 1883
subfamily	Palaeomerycinae	Lydekker 1883
genus	Triceromeryx	Villalta Commela et al. 1946
species	pachecoi	Villalta et al. 1946

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.

†Triceromeryx pachecoi Villalta et al. 1946

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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:

2009-01-07 22:30:00

Modified:

2009-01-08 00:30:00

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

References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Prothero and Liter 2007, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the MN 4 to the top of the MN 5 or 16.90000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (4 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Orleanian	20.0 - 15.98	Spain (Madrid)	Triceromeryx pachecoi (40747)
MN 4 - MN 5	16.9 - 13.82	Spain	Triceromeryx pachecoi (70805)
Middle Miocene	15.98 - 11.63	Spain (Madrid)	Triceromeryx pachecoi (197672 197673)