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Oreamnos americanus

Mammalia - Bovidae

Taxonomy
Rupicapra americana was named by Blainville (1816). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Oreamnos montanus by Frick (1937); it was recombined as Oreamnos americanus by Hall and Kellogg (1955), Hall and Kelson (1959), Kurten and Anderson (1980) and Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008).

Synonyms
  • Mazama dorsata was named by Rafinesque (1817).

    It was synonymized subjectively with Oreamnos montanus by Frick (1937); it was synonymized subjectively with Oreamnos americanus by Hall and Kellogg (1955) and Hall and Kelson (1959).
  • Ovis montanus was named by Ord (1815) [preoccupied by a European species named by Schreber 1804].

    It was recombined as Aplocerus montanus by Hamilton-Smith (1827) and Sinclair (1905); it was recombined as Haplocerus montanus by Wagner (1844) and Sinclair (1904); it was recombined as Oreamnos montanus by Frick (1937); it was synonymized subjectively with Oreamnos americanus by Hall and Kellogg (1955) and Hall and Kelson (1959).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1815Ovis montanus Ord
1816Rupicapra americana Blainville
1817Mazama dorsata Rafinesque
1827Aplocerus montanus Hamilton-Smith
1844Haplocerus montanus Wagner
1904Haplocerus montanus Sinclair
1905Aplocerus montanus Sinclair
1937Oreamnos montanus Frick
1955Oreamnos americanus Hall and Kellogg
1959Oreamnos americanus Hall and Kelson
1980Oreamnos americanus Kurten and Anderson p. 327
2008Oreamnos americanus Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 979 figs. Fig. 5

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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
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Ruminantiamorpha
—Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
—Pecora()
superfamilyBovoidea
familyBovidae
subfamilyAntilopinaeGray 1821
tribeCaprini()
genusOreamnosRafinesque 1817
speciesamericanus(Blainville 1816)

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.

Oreamnos americanus Blainville 1816
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Invalid names: Mazama dorsata Rafinesque 1817 [synonym], Ovis montanus Ord 1815 [synonym]
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 1.80000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Nevada) Oreamnos americanus (20136)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Canada (British Columbia) Oreamnos americanus (74495 74496)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Haplocerus montanus (155393)