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Euceratherium collinum (shrub ox)

Osteichthyes - Bovidae

Taxonomy
Euceratherium collinum was named by Furlong and Sinclair (1904) [genotype]. Its type specimen is UCMP 8751, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Potter Creek Cave, which is in a Pleistocene cave horizon in California.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1904Euceratherium collinum Furlong and Sinclair
1905Preptoceras sinclairi Furlong
1913Taurotragus americanus Gidley
1913Aftonius calvini Hay pp. 6-7
1933Euceratherium americanum Gazin p. 164
1935Euceratherium collinum morrisi Schultz and Howard
1935Preptoceras sinclairi neomexicana Schultz and Howard
1935Euceratherium collinum Schultz and Howard p. 290
1935Euceratherium collinum morrisi Schultz and Howard p. 290
1935Preptoceras sinclairi Schultz and Howard p. 291
1935Preptoceras sinclairi neomexicana Schultz and Howard p. 291
1937Euceratherium americanum Frick
1937Euceratherium sinclairi Frick
1937Euceratherium bizzelli Stovall p. 451
1937Euceratherium collinum Stovall p. 452
1963Euceratherium collinum Simpson p. 584
1980Euceratherium collinum Kurten and Anderson p. 330
1987Euceratherium collinum Carranza-Castaneda and Miller p. 340
2025Euceratherium collinum 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
speciescollinumFurlong 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.

†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], Taurotragus americanus Gidley 1913 [synonym]
†Preptoceras sinclairi neomexicana Schultz and Howard 1935
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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: 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: Nowak 1991, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Irvingtonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 1.40000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0USA (New Mexico) Euceratherium collinum (93255)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Nevada) Euceratherium collinum (20010 20012)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Maryland) Euceratherium americanum, Taurotragus americanus (20302)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Iowa) Aftonius calvini (20556)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Euceratherium collinum, Preptoceras sinclairi (93281)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Euceratherium collinum (93250 155409 225801)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Oklahoma) Euceratherium bizzelli (93254)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Euceratherium collinum (type locality: 155393)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Illinois) Taurotragus americanus (93486)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0USA (Arizona) Euceratherium collinum (93374)