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Agalmaceros blicki

Mammalia - Cervidae

Taxonomy
Blastocerus blicki was named by Frick (1937). Its type specimen is AMNH 28250, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Agalmaceros.

It was recombined as Agalmaceros blicki by Hoffstetter (1952).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Blastocerus blicki Frick pp. 205-209 fig. 21
1952Agalmaceros blicki Hoffstetter p. 362

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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()
superfamilyCervoidea
familyCervidae
genusAgalmaceros
speciesblicki(Frick 1937)

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.

†Agalmaceros blicki Frick 1937
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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: grazerf
Diet 2: browserf
Reproduction: viviparousf
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-09-22 12:03:17
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Nowak 1991

Age range: Pleistocene or 2.58000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene (interglacial)2.58 - 0.0117Ecuador (Pichincha) Agalmaceros blicki (133633 133639)
Pleistocene (interglacial)2.58 - 0.0117Ecuador (Chimborazo) Agalmaceros blicki (133644 133645)