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Merycodus minor

Osteichthyes - Antilocapridae

Taxonomy
Meryceros minor was named by Frick (1937). Its type locality is Horse and Mastodon Quarry, which is in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon in the Pawnee Creek Formation of Colorado.

It was recombined as Submeryceros minor by Voorhies (1990); it was recombined as Merycodus minor by Beatty and Martin (2009).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. alticornis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Meryceros minor Frick
1990Submeryceros minor Voorhies
2009Merycodus minor Beatty and Martin p. 32

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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()
familyAntilocapridae
genusMerycodus
speciesminor()

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.

†Merycodus minor 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: browserg
Diet 2: grazerg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2009-01-04 10:46:01
Modified: 2009-01-04 12:46:01
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Solounias and Moelleken 1993

Age range: base of the Hemingfordian to the top of the Barstovian or 18.50000 to 12.50000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hemingfordian18.5 - 16.3USA (Nebraska) Meryceros minor (18000)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Colorado) Meryceros minor (type locality: 18203)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5Canada (Saskatchewan) Submeryceros minor (18797)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nebraska) Merycodus minor (18208 18248 18284) Submeryceros minor (18442)