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Oreamnos harringtoni

Osteichthyes - Bovidae

Taxonomy
Oreamnos harringtoni was named by Stock (1936). Its type specimen is CIT 2028, a partial skull (parts of frontals and two horn-cores), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Smith Creek Cave (Pinkish Silt Stratum), which is in a Rancholabrean terrestrial siltstone in Utah.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Oreamnos harringtoni Stock pp. 149 - 152 figs. Plate 35, FIgs. 2-6
1980Oreamnos harringtoni Kurten and Anderson p. 327

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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
—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
speciesharringtoni

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 harringtoni Stock 1936
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
C. Stock 1936Approximately two -thirds the size (linear) of Oreamnos americanus. Horn-core extends farther at tip end and possesses greater backward curvature than in 0. americanus. Anterior cannon bone with better developed knob for tendon attach~e!1t on anterior face of Metacarpal III ad-jacent to proximal oorder. Posterior cannon bone with shaft narrower in lower half than in Recent species and with median groove of anterior face deeper.
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, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999

Age range: base of the Irvingtonian to the top of the Rancholabrean or 1.40000 to 0.01400 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Colorado) Oreamnos harringtoni (20477)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (Utah) Oreamnos harringtoni (type locality: 70126)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Oreamnos harringtoni (76060)