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Sphenophalos middleswarti

Mammalia - Antilocapridae

Taxonomy
Sphenophalos middleswarti was named by Barbour and Schultz (1941). Its type locality is 8 miles NW of Angora, which is in a Clarendonian/Pliocene fluvial conglomerate in Nebraska.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1941Sphenophalos middleswarti Barbour and Schultz

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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)
—Pecora()
familyAntilocapridae
subfamilyAntilocaprinae
genusSphenophalos
speciesmiddleswarti

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.

†Sphenophalos middleswarti Barbour and Schultz 1941
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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: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Nowak 1991

Age range: Hemphillian or 10.30000 to 4.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Clarendonian - Pliocene12.5 - 2.588USA (Nebraska) Sphenophalos middleswarti (type locality: 18030)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Nebraska) Sphenophalos middleswarti (18086)