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Euceratherium (shrub-ox)

Osteichthyes - Bovidae

Taxonomy
Euceratherium was named by Furlong and Sinclair (1904). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Caprinae by Kurten and Anderson (1980); and to Bovidae by Furlong and Sinclair (1904), Schultz and Howard (1935), Stovall (1937), Carroll (1988), Eshelman et al. (2025).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1904Euceratherium Furlong and Sinclair
1905Preptoceras Furlong
1913Aftonius Hay p. 6
1935Euceratherium Schultz and Howard p. 290
1935Preptoceras Schultz and Howard p. 291
1937Euceratherium Stovall p. 453
1937Preptoceras Stovall p. 453
1980Euceratherium Kurten and Anderson p. 330
1988Euceratherium Carroll
2025Euceratherium Eshelman et al. p. 154

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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()
superfamilyBovoidea
familyBovidae
genusEuceratheriumFurlong and Sinclair 1904

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. †Euceratherium Furlong and Sinclair 1904 [shrub-ox]
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†Euceratherium collinum Furlong and Sinclair 1904 [shrub ox]
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Invalid names: Aftonius calvini Hay 1913 [synonym], Euceratherium bizzelli Stovall 1937 [synonym], Euceratherium collinum morrisi Schultz and Howard 1935 [invalid subgroup], Preptoceras sinclairi Furlong 1905 [synonym], Preptoceras sinclairi neomexicana Schultz and Howard 1935 [invalid subgroup], Taurotragus americanus Gidley 1913 [synonym]
Invalid names: Aftonius Hay 1913 [synonym], Preptoceras Furlong 1905 [synonym]
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 12:01:17
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999

Age range: base of the Irvingtonian to the top of the Rancholabrean or 1.40000 to 0.01400 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Guatemala (Guatemala) Euceratherium indet. (189384)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0USA (New Mexico) Euceratherium collinum (93255)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (California) Euceratherium sp. (20127 20128 20294 20387)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21Canada (Saskatchewan) Euceratherium sp. (20563)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Nevada) Euceratherium collinum (20010 20012)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Iowa) Aftonius calvini (20556)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Maryland) Euceratherium americanum, Taurotragus americanus (20302)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (California) Euceratherium sp. (225558)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Nuevo Leon) Preptoceras sp. (71345)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Euceratherium collinum, Preptoceras sinclairi (93281)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Illinois) Taurotragus americanus (93486)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Oklahoma) Euceratherium bizzelli (93254)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Euceratherium sp. (76060)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Guatemala (Guatemala City) Euceratherium sp. (71294)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Euceratherium collinum (155393)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Euceratherium collinum (93250 155409 225801) Euceratherium sp. (74235)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0USA (Arizona) Euceratherium collinum (93374)