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Capromeryx

Mammalia - Antilocapridae

Taxonomy

Capromeryx was named by Matthew (1902). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Merycodontidae by Matthew (1904); to Antilocapridae by Matthew (1902), Kurten and Anderson (1980) and Carroll (1988); to Antilocaprinae by Janis and Manning (1998); and to Stockoceratini by Bravo-Cuevas et al. (2013).

Species

C. arizonensis, C. furcifer (syn. C. minimus), C. gidleyi, C. mexicana, C. minor, C. tauntonensis

Synonyms

Dorcameryx is a genus.

It was synonymized subjectively with Capromeryx by Hesse (1935).
Breameryx was named by Furlong (1946).

It was synonymized subjectively with Capromeryx by Hibbard and Taylor (1960), Miller and Downs (1974), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Morgan and Morgan (1995) and Janis and Manning (1998).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1902	Capromeryx Matthew
1904	Capromeryx Matthew p. 104
1946	Breameryx Furlong
1972	Breameryx Lundelius, Jr.
1980	Capromeryx Kurten and Anderson p. 319
1988	Capromeryx Carroll
1998	Capromeryx Janis and Manning p. 500
2013	Capromeryx Bravo-Cuevas et al. p. 604

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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
—	Mammaliaformes

Rank	Name	Author
class	Mammalia
—	Theriamorpha	(Rowe 1993)
—	Theriiformes	()
—	Trechnotheria
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Boreoeutheria
—	Laurasiatheria
—	Scrotifera
—	Euungulata
—	Artiodactylamorpha
—	Artiodactyla	()
—	Ruminantiamorpha
—	Ruminantia	(Scopoli 1777)
—	Pecora	()
family	Antilocapridae
subfamily	Antilocaprinae
genus	Capromeryx	Matthew 1902

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. †Capromeryx Matthew 1902

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†Capromeryx arizonensis Skinner 1942

†Capromeryx arizonensis schultzi Skinner 1942

†Capromeryx furcifer Matthew 1902

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Invalid names: Capromeryx minimus Meade 1942 [synonym]

†Capromeryx gidleyi Frick 1937

†Capromeryx mexicana Furlong 1925

†Capromeryx minor Taylor 1911

†Capromeryx tauntonensis Morgan and Morgan 1995

Invalid names: Breameryx Furlong 1946 [synonym], Dorcameryx [synonym]

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, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Clarendonian to the top of the Rancholabrean or 12.50000 to 0.01200 Ma

Collections (67 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Clarendonian	12.5 - 9.4	USA (California)	C. sp. (19185)
Blancan	4.9 - 1.8	USA (Texas)	Breameryx sp. (20033) C. sp. (20051)
Blancan	4.9 - 1.8	USA (Florida)	C. arizonensis (19754 19760 113275)
Blancan	4.9 - 1.8	USA (California)	C. sp. (20112 20115 20117 20119 20120)
Blancan	4.9 - 1.8	USA (New Mexico)	C. sp. (19968 230461)
Blancan	4.9 - 1.8	USA (Washington)	Antilocapridae indet. (20062)
Blancan	4.9 - 1.8	USA (Nebraska)	C. arizonensis (19955) C. sp. (19954 19963)
Blancan	4.9 - 1.8	USA (Arizona)	C. arizonensis (19657) C. gidleyi (20303) C. sp. (19627)
Blancan	4.9 - 1.8	Mexico (Guanajuato)	C. sp. (20077)
Blancan	4.9 - 1.8	USA (Kansas)	C. sp. (19943 19947)
Gelasian	2.588 - 1.806	USA (Florida)	C. arizonensis (19758 20384)
Pleistocene	2.588 - 0.0117	USA (California)	C. sp. (183455)
Irvingtonian	1.8 - 0.3	USA (Nebraska)	C. furcifer (20143 20347) C. minimus (20500) C. sp. (20375)
Irvingtonian	1.8 - 0.3	USA (Texas)	C. minimus (20530) C. sp. (20342)
Irvingtonian	1.8 - 0.3	USA (Kansas)	C. furcifer (20295) C. sp. (20170)
Irvingtonian	1.8 - 0.3	USA (Florida)	C. arizonensis (20308)
Irvingtonian	1.8 - 0.3	USA (California)	C. sp. (20123 20124 20125 20127 20128 20130 20132 20155 20272 20327 20454)
Irvingtonian - Rancholabrean	1.8 - 0.012	USA (California)	C. minor (20414)
Middle Pleistocene	0.774 - 0.129	USA (California)	C. sp. (20639)
Rancholabrean	0.3 - 0.012	USA (California)	C. sp. (85314)
Rancholabrean	0.3 - 0.012	Mexico (Hidalgo)	C. minor (113409 113410)
Rancholabrean	0.3 - 0.012	Mexico (Sonora)	C. sp. (20495)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)	0.129 - 0.0117	USA (California)	C. minor (20609)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	Mexico (Hidalgo)	C. minor (190114 190115 190116)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)	0.129 - 0.0117	Mexico (Sonora)	C. minor (20633)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)	0.129 - 0.0117	USA (Texas)	Breameryx sp. (20586) C. sp. (20603)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	Mexico (Mexico)	C. mexicana (227227)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)	0.129 - 0.0117	USA (New Mexico)	C. sp. (76059 76060)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	Mexico (Sonora)	C. sp. (85156)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	USA (Texas)	C. furcifer (74473) C. minor (85142)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)	0.129 - 0.0117	USA (Texas)	Breameryx sp. (93103)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene	0.129 - 0.0	Mexico (Chihuahua)	C. sp. (71263)