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Nanotragulus loomisi

Mammalia - Hypertragulidae

Taxonomy
Nanotragulus loomisi was named by Lull (1922) [genotype]. Its type specimen is YPM 10330, a partial skull (Palate with upper cheek teeth complete, right lower jaw fairly complete, with six teeth, left with series of four teeth. Detached premolar. Imperfect petrosal?), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Big Muddy Creek, which is in an Arikareean terrestrial horizon in Wyoming. It is the type species of Nanotragulus.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1922Nanotragulus loomisi Lull p. 116 fig. 1
1926Nanotragulus loomisi Matthew p. 3
1935Nanotragulus intermedius Schlaikjer p. 178
1937Nanotragulus lulli Frick
2001Nanotragulus loomisi Vislobokova p. S140

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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)
infraorderTragulina
superfamilyHypertraguloidea
familyHypertragulidae
genusNanotragulus
speciesloomisi

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.

†Nanotragulus loomisi Lull 1922
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Invalid names: Nanotragulus intermedius Schlaikjer 1935 [synonym], Nanotragulus lulli Frick 1937 [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 14:47:03
Modified: 2005-08-31 16:47:03
Source: f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Webb 1998, Carroll 1988

Age range: Chattian or 28.10000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections (29 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Geringian30.8 - 26.3USA (Nebraska) Nanotragulus intermedius (17494)
Geringian30.8 - 26.3USA (South Dakota) Nanotragulus intermedius (17607 17610 17621 17623 17629 17630 17633 17634 17635 17636 17637 17638 17641 17644 17645 17651 17657 17658)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Nebraska) Nanotragulus intermedius (17542)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Wyoming) Nanotragulus intermedius (17466 17667) Nanotragulus loomisi (type locality: 17472 17727)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Florida) Nanotragulus loomisi (17476)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (South Dakota) Nanotragulus intermedius (17517)
early Early Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Nebraska) Nanotragulus loomisi (156729)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (Florida) Nanotragulus loomisi (17764)
Harrisonian24.8 - 18.5USA (South Dakota) Nanotragulus loomisi (17743)