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Oromeryx plicatus

Mammalia - Oromerycidae

Taxonomy
Oromeryx plicatus was named by Marsh (1894) [genotype]. Its type specimen is YPM 14571, a partial skull (Right maxillary fragment with P* and the lingual portions of M^-M^ ; left maxillary fragment with M^ and the labial portion of M2), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mouth of White River, which is in an Uintan terrestrial horizon in the Uinta Formation of Utah. It is the type species of Oromeryx.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Oromeryx plicatus Marsh p. 269 fig. 23
1902Oromeryx plicatus Hay p. 672
1955Oromeryx plicatus Gazin

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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()
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
suborderTylopoda()
familyOromerycidae
genusOromeryx
speciesplicatus

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.

Oromeryx plicatus Marsh 1894
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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: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 14:38:30
Modified: 2005-08-31 16:38:30
Source: f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Prothero 1998, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999

Age range: Uintan or 46.20000 to 39.70000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Utah) Oromeryx plicatus (type locality: 16606 16646) Oromeryx sp. (16607)