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Simimeryx hudsoni

Mammalia - Praetragulidae

Taxonomy
Simimeryx hudsoni was named by Stock (1934) [genotype]. Its type specimen is CIT 1764, a maxilla (xght maxilla with P2 to M3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pearson Ranch (Bed CS20), which is in a Duchesnean terrestrial horizon in the Sespe Formation of California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Simimeryx hudsoni Stock
1955Simimeryx hudsoni Gazin
2001Simimeryx hudsoni 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
familyPraetragulidae
genusSimimeryx
specieshudsoni

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.

†Simimeryx hudsoni Stock 1934
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: grazero
Diet 2: browsero
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 14:03:05
Modified: 2005-09-19 12:23:23
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Uintan to the top of the Duchesnean or 46.20000 to 37.00000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (California) Simimeryx hudsoni (16610)
Uintan - Duchesnean46.2 - 37.0USA (California) Simimeryx hudsoni (16533 16800 16801)
Duchesnean39.7 - 37.0USA (California) Simimeryx hudsoni (16803 16804 16805 16806 16807 16808 16809 type locality: 16810 16811) Simimeryx sp. (16813)