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Oreonetes douglassi

Mammalia - Merycoidodontidae

Taxonomy
Oreonetes anceps douglassi was named by Schultz and Falkenbach (1956). Its type specimen is CMNH 11256, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was considered an invalid subgroup of Oreonetes anceps by Riel (1963); it was recombined as Oreonetes douglassi by Stevens and Stevens (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Oreonetes anceps douglassi Schultz and Falkenbach p. 460 fig. 12
2007Oreonetes douglassi Stevens and Stevens p. 164

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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()
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
suborderTylopoda()
familyMerycoidodontidae
subfamilyOreonetinae
genusOreonetes
speciesdouglassi()

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.

Oreonetes douglassi Schultz and Falkenbach 1956
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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: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 14:37:21
Modified: 2005-08-31 16:37:21
Source: f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Lander 1998, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988

Age range: Chadronian or 37.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Montana) Oreonetes anceps (16909)