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Platycerabos dodsoni

Mammalia - Bovidae

Taxonomy
Parabos dodsoni was named by Barbour and Schultz (1941). Its type specimen is UNSM 1-17-6-41, a skull (skull, lacking dentition), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Platycerabos dodsoni by Barbour and Schultz (1942) and Kurten and Anderson (1980).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1941Parabos dodsoni Barbour and Schultz p. 63 figs. 24 - 27
1942Platycerabos dodsoni Barbour and Schultz p. 223
1980Platycerabos dodsoni Kurten and Anderson p. 338

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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()
familyBovidae
subfamilyBovinae(Gray 1821)
genusPlatycerabos
speciesdodsoni()

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.

Platycerabos dodsoni Barbour and Schultz 1941
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
E. H. Barbour and C. B. Schultz 1941Form and proportions of skull ap- proaching those of Bos, but differing in horn-cores and other characters; frontals broad; occipital crest very thick and overhanging; occiput ex- tended, broad, and shallow; horn-cores flat, curving downward, outward,
and forward from skull; horn-core encircled by a very rugose and promi- nent burr-like ridge at the base.