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Odocoileus dolichopsis

Mammalia - Cervidae

Taxonomy
Cariacus dolichopsis was named by Cope (1878). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Dama dolichopsis by Hay (1902); it was recombined as Odocoileus dolichopsis by Frick (1937).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Cariacus dolichopsis Cope p. 379
1902Dama dolichopsis Hay p. 684
1937Odocoileus dolichopsis Frick

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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()
familyCervidae
Telemetacarpalia
tribeOdocoileini(Pocock 1923)
genusOdocoileusRafinesque 1832
speciesdolichopsis()

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.

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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: browserg
Reproduction: viviparousf
Created: 2009-01-04 10:41:19
Modified: 2009-01-04 12:41:19
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: MacFadden and Cerling 1996, Nowak 1991, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available