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Leptomeryx semicinctus

Osteichthyes - Leptomerycidae

Taxonomy
Leptomeryx semicinctus was named by Cope (1889).

It was recombined as Pseudoprotoceras semicinctus by Emry and Storer (1981), Prothero (1998); it was synonymized subjectively with Leptomeryx mammifer by Vislobokova (2001).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Hypertragulus transversus Cope p. 154
1889Leptomeryx semicinctus Cope p. 154
1891Hypertragulus transversus Cope p. 22
1891Leptomeryx semicinctus Cope p. 23
1902Leptomeryx semicinctus Hay p. 672
1902Hypertragulus transversus Hay p. 675
1908Hypertragulus transversus Lambe
1908Leptomeryx semicinctus Lambe
1934Heteromeryx transversus Russell
1940Leptomeryx semicinctus Scott p. 554
1974Heteromeryx transversus Wilson
1981Pseudoprotoceras semicinctus Emry and Storer
1998Pseudoprotoceras semicinctus Prothero

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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()
familyLeptomerycidae
genusLeptomeryx
speciessemicinctus

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: Hypertragulus transversus Cope 1889 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: frugivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 14:47:23
Modified: 2005-08-31 16:47:23
Source: f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Webb 1998, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Chadronian or 37.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Wyoming) Pseudoprotoceras semicinctus (16960)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9Canada (Saskatchewan) Hypertragulus transversus, Leptomeryx semicinctus (101961) Pseudoprotoceras semicinctus (16893 16919)