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Parvicornus occidentalis

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae

Taxonomy
Parvicornus occidentalis was named by Mihlbachler and Deméré (2009). Its type specimen is SDSNH 107667, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ocean Ranch Phase 2C Bone Sands, which is in a Duchesnean channel sandstone in the Santiago Formation of California. It is the type species of Parvicornus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Parvicornus occidentalis Mihlbachler and Deméré pp. 5-7 fig. 4

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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
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
familyBrontotheriidae()
subfamilyBrontotheriinaeMarsh 1873
tribeBrontotheriiniMarsh 1873
subtribeBrontotheriinaMarsh 1873
—BrontotheriitaMarsh 1873
genusParvicornus
speciesoccidentalis

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.

†Parvicornus occidentalis Mihlbachler and Deméré 2009
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 14:53:16
Modified: 2005-08-31 16:53:16
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Mader 1998, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: Duchesnean or 39.70000 to 37.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Duchesnean39.7 - 37.0USA (California) Parvicornus occidentalis (129887 type locality: 129888 129891)