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Oreodontoides oregonensis

Mammalia - Merycoidodontidae

Discussion

Originally Eporeodon (Oreodontoides) oregonensis

Taxonomy
Eporeodon oregonensis was named by Thorpe (1921). Its type specimen is YPM 12329, a partial skull (Partial skull with I1(br.)-M3 (I3, P4, and M1 br.)), and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Eporeodon (Oreodontoides).

Synonymy list
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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
subfamilyEporeodontinae
genusOreodontoides
speciesoregonensis

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.

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Invalid names: Desmatochoerus anthyonyi Schultz and Falkenbach 1968 [synonym]
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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Lander 1998

Age range: Chattian or 28.10000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Geringian30.8 - 26.3USA (Oregon) Oreodontoides oregonensis (17537)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Oregon) Oreodontoides oregonensis (93080)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Wyoming) Oreodontoides oregonensis (17703)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (Oregon) Oreodontoides oregonensis (17603 93079)
Monroecreekian - Harrisonian26.3 - 18.5USA (Oregon) Oreodontoides oregonensis (17528)