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Miotylopus leonardi

Mammalia - Camelidae

Taxonomy
Protomeryx leonardi was named by Loomis (1911). Its type specimen is ACM 2004, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Big Muddy Creek, which is in an Arikareean terrestrial horizon in Wyoming.

It was recombined as Gentilicamelus leonardi by Loomis (1936); it was synonymized subjectively with Miotylopus gibbi by McKenna and Love (1972); it was recombined as Miotylopus leonardi by Prothero (1996) and Honey et al. (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1911Protomeryx leonardi Loomis p. 68
1936Gentilicamelus leonardi Loomis p. 59
1996Miotylopus leonardi Prothero p. 634 figs. Figures 13-14, Tables 2, 3, 5
1998Miotylopus leonardi Honey et al.

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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()
familyCamelidae
subfamilyStenomylinae
genusMiotylopus
speciesleonardi()

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.

†Miotylopus leonardi Loomis 1911
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
D. R. Prothero 1996Smallest species of Miotylopus (P2- M3 length = 65-70 mm).
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: browserf
Diet 2: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-31 16:42:02
Source: f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988

Age range: Harrisonian or 24.80000 to 18.50000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Nebraska) Miotylopus leonardi (17523)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Wyoming) Miotylopus leonardi (17532) Protomeryx leonardi (type locality: 17472)
Monroecreekian - Harrisonian26.3 - 18.5USA (Nebraska) Protomeryx leonardi (17704)
Harrisonian24.8 - 18.5USA (Wyoming) Miotylopus leonardi (17813)