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Merycodus joraki

Mammalia - Antilocapridae

Taxonomy
Meryceros joraki was named by Frick (1937). Its type specimen is F:AM 31163, a partial skull (Major portion of cranium with cheek teeth. and right horn), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Hemicyon Quarry, which is in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon in the Barstow Formation of California.

It was recombined as Merycodus joraki by Voorhies (1990) and Janis and Manning (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Meryceros joraki Frick p. 367 figs. figs. 28, 28A
1990Merycodus joraki Voorhies
1998Merycodus joraki Janis and Manning

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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()
familyAntilocapridae
genusMerycodus
speciesjoraki()

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.

†Merycodus joraki Frick 1937
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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: browserg
Diet 2: grazerg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2009-01-04 10:46:01
Modified: 2009-01-04 12:46:01
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Solounias and Moelleken 1993, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991

Age range: Barstovian or 16.30000 to 12.50000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (California) Meryceros joraki (type locality: 19364 19366 19422 19463 19471 19510 19513 19598)