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Triceromeryx

Mammalia - Palaeomerycidae

Taxonomy
Triceromeryx was named by Villalta Commela et al. (1946). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Palaeotraginae by Hamilton (1978); to Giraffidae by Carroll (1988); to Palaeomerycinae by Prothero and Liter (2007); and to Palaeomerycidae by Sánchez et al. (2015).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1946Triceromeryx Villalta Commela et al.
1946Hispanocervus Viret
1978Triceromeryx Hamilton p. 199
1988Triceromeryx Carroll
2007Triceromeryx Prothero and Liter p. 244
2015Triceromeryx Sánchez et al. p. 8

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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
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Ruminantiamorpha
—Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
—Pecora()
superfamilyCervoidea
familyPalaeomerycidaeLydekker 1883
subfamilyPalaeomerycinaeLydekker 1883
genusTriceromeryxVillalta Commela et al. 1946

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.

G. †Triceromeryx Villalta Commela et al. 1946
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†Triceromeryx conquensis Rambaut 2014
†Triceromeryx pachecoi Villalta et al. 1946
Invalid names: Hispanocervus Viret 1946 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2009-01-07 22:30:00
Modified: 2009-01-08 00:30:00
Source: f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Prothero and Liter 2007, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the MN 4 to the top of the MN 5 or 16.90000 to 13.65000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Orleanian20.0 - 15.97Spain (Madrid) T. pachecoi (40747)
MN 4 - MN 516.9 - 13.65Spain T. pachecoi (70805)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Spain (Madrid) T. pachecoi (197672 197673) T. sp. (197674)