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Tetrameryx shuleri

Mammalia - Antilocapridae

Taxonomy

Tetrameryx shuleri was named by Lull (1921) [genotype].

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1921	Tetrameryx shuleri Lull
1966	Tetrameryx shuleri Slaughter p. 82

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha

Rank	Name	Author
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Boreoeutheria
—	Laurasiatheria
—	Scrotifera
—	Euungulata
—	Artiodactylamorpha
—	Artiodactyla	()
—	Ruminantiamorpha
—	Ruminantia	(Scopoli 1777)
—	Pecora	()
family	Antilocapridae
subfamily	Antilocaprinae
genus	Tetrameryx
species	shuleri

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.

†Tetrameryx shuleri Lull 1921

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

Age range: base of the Irvingtonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 1.40000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (4 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene	2.58 - 0.0117	Mexico (Jalisco)	Tetrameryx shuleri (20285)
Irvingtonian	1.4 - 0.21	USA (Texas)	Tetrameryx shuleri (20530)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)	0.129 - 0.0117	USA (Texas)	Tetrameryx shuleri (93103)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)	0.129 - 0.0117	USA (Texas)	Tetrameryx shuleri (20603)