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Taxonomy
Taurotragus americanus was named by Gidley (1913). Its type specimen is USNM 7622, a maxilla (upper right cheek teeth except P2/), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cumberland Cave, which is in an Irvingtonian cave horizon in Maryland.
It was recombined as Euceratherium americanum by Gazin (1933) and Frick (1937); it was synonymized subjectively with Euceratherium collinum by Kurten and Anderson (1980).
It was recombined as Euceratherium americanum by Gazin (1933) and Frick (1937); it was synonymized subjectively with Euceratherium collinum by Kurten and Anderson (1980).
Synonymy list
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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.
†Euceratherium americanum Gidley 1913
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available