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Taxonomy
Rangifer fricki was named by Schultz and Howard (1935). Its type specimen is A.N.S.P. No. 13933, a partial skull (right maxillary fragment with dentition and right ramus), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Burnet Cave, which is in a Pleistocene cave siltstone in New Mexico.
It was synonymized subjectively with Rangifer tarandus by Banfield (1961); it was recombined as Navahoceros fricki by Anderson and White (1975), Kurten (1975), Kurten and Anderson (1980) and Webb (1992).
It was synonymized subjectively with Rangifer tarandus by Banfield (1961); it was recombined as Navahoceros fricki by Anderson and White (1975), Kurten (1975), Kurten and Anderson (1980) and Webb (1992).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1935 | Rangifer fricki Schultz and Howard p. 287 |
1969 | Odocoileus halli Alvarez |
1975 | Navahoceros fricki Anderson and White |
1975 | Navahoceros fricki Kurten p. 507 |
1980 | Navahoceros fricki Kurten and Anderson p. 312 |
1992 | Navahoceros fricki Webb p. 401 |
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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.
†Navahoceros fricki Schultz and Howard 1935
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Invalid names: Odocoileus halli Alvarez 1969 [synonym]
Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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B. Kurten 1975 | Sole known species of genus. For limb bone dimensions see Table 1. |