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Plioceros floblairi

Osteichthyes - Antilocapridae

Taxonomy
Plioceros floblairi was named by Frick (1937). Its type locality is Deep Creek Quarry No. 1, which is in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon in the Valentine Formation of Nebraska.

It was recombined as Sphenophalos floblairi by Stirton (1938), Webb (1969), Voorhies (1990).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Plioceros floblairi Frick
1938Sphenophalos floblairi Stirton
1969Sphenophalos floblairi Webb
1987Plioceros floblairi Tedford et al.
1990Sphenophalos floblairi Voorhies
1998Plioceros floblairi Janis and Manning

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Ruminantiamorpha
—Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
—Pecora()
familyAntilocapridae
genusPlioceros
speciesfloblairi

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.

†Plioceros floblairi Frick 1937
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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: grazerf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-31 16:51:41
Source: f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999

Age range: base of the Barstovian to the top of the Clarendonian or 16.30000 to 9.40000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nebraska) Plioceros floblairi (type locality: 18119 18155)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Nebraska) Plioceros floblairi (18135 18218 18227 18333 18468) Sphenophalos floblairi (18226)