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Ramoceros

Mammalia - Antilocapridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Ramoceros Frick p. 290
1988Ramoceros Carroll
1990Ramoceros Voorhies
1998Ramoceros Janis and Manning
2019Ramoceros May

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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
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Ruminantiamorpha
—Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
—Pecora()
familyAntilocapridae
subfamilyMerycodontinae()
genusRamoceros

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. †Ramoceros Frick 1937
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Subg. †Ramoceros (Merriamoceros) Frick 1937
†Ramoceros osborni Matthew 1904
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Invalid names: Ramoceros (Paramoceros) howardae Frick 1937 [synonym], Ramoceros (Paramoceros) kansanus Frick 1937 [synonym], Ramoceros hitchcockensis Frick 1937 [synonym]
†Ramoceros ramosus Cope 1874
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 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Barstovian to the top of the Early/Lower Clarendonian or 16.30000 to 9.40000 Ma

Collections (27 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Nebraska) R. howardae (18195)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nebraska) R. howardae (18133) R. osborni (18109 18192 18206 18275 18284) R. sp. (18124 18141 18261)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (New Mexico) R. ramosus (19287 19535)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Kansas) R. kansanus (18360 18373)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (California) R. brevicornis (19548) R. sp. (19498)
Barstovian - Clarendonian16.3 - 9.4USA (Colorado) R. osborni (18445)
Barstovian - Early/Lower Clarendonian16.3 - 9.4USA (New Mexico) R. sp. (19286)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (California) R. sp. (19467 19486 19541)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Texas) Antilocapridae indet. (18610) R. ramosus (18623 18645)
Late/Upper Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (New Mexico) Paramoceros marthae (19528)
Clarendonian - Hemphillian12.5 - 4.9USA (Wyoming) R. sp. (18146)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Kansas) R. kansanus (18168)