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Oxydactylus campestris

Mammalia - Camelidae

Taxonomy
Oxydactylus campestris was named by Cook (1909). Its type specimen is No. HC125, a partial skeleton (complete skull and jaws, pelvis, sacrum, and the greater portion of the hind limbs and feet), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Agate (Oxydactylus campestris type locality), which is in a Harrisonian terrestrial horizon in the Harrison Formation of Nebraska.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Oxydactylus campestris Cook p. 188
1911Oxydactylus campestris Loomis p. 68
1998Oxydactylus campestris Honey et al. p. 451

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
familyCamelidae
genusOxydactylus
speciescampestris

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.

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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: 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: Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988

Age range: Harrisonian or 24.80000 to 18.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Harrisonian24.8 - 18.5USA (Nebraska) Oxydactylus campestris (type locality: 188963)