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Pediomeryx

Mammalia - Dromomerycidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Pediomeryx Stirton
1998Pediomeryx Janis and Manning
2006Pediomeryx Hulbert and Whitmore p. 12
2007Pediomeryx Prothero and Liter p. 248
2008Pediomeryx Prothero and Liter

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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
familyDromomerycidaeFrick 1937
tribeCranioceratiniFrick 1937
genusPediomeryx

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.

G. †Pediomeryx Stirton 1936
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†Pediomeryx hemphillensis Stirton 1936
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Invalid names: Procoileus edensis Frick 1937 [synonym], Yumaceras falkenbachi Frick 1937 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
D. R. Prothero and M. R. Liter 2008Similar to Yumaceras but with more hypsodont cheek teeth and smaller size (modified from Janis and Manning, 1998, p. 486).
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: browserg
Diet 2: grazerg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Comments: mostly a browser based on stable isotopes (MacFadden and Cerling 1996)g
Created: 2009-01-04 10:40:46
Modified: 2009-01-04 12:40:46
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, MacFadden and Cerling 1996, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Janis and Manning 1998

Age range: Hemphillian or 10.30000 to 4.90000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (California) Cranioceras sp. (19393)
Clarendonian - Hemphillian12.5 - 4.9USA (Nebraska) P. sp. (18305 18326)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Kansas) P. hemphillensis (18342) P. sp. (18263) Yumaceras sp. (18111 18241)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Nebraska) P. sp. (18225)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Alabama) Cervidae indet. (18559)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Oklahoma) P. hemphillensis (18304)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Florida) P. sp. (18564)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Texas) P. hemphillensis (18097)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Nebraska) P. hemphillensis (18499) P. sp. (18126 18247 18359)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (California) P. hemphillensis (19582) Procoileus edensis (19445)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Texas) P. hemphillensis (18093)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) P. sp. (52582)