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Plioceros floblairi

Mammalia - Antilocapridae

Taxonomy
Plioceros floblairi was named by Frick (1937). Its type locality is Deep Creek Quarry No. 1, which is in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon in the Valentine Formation of Nebraska.

It was recombined as Sphenophalos floblairi by Stirton (1938), Webb (1969) and Voorhies (1990).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Plioceros floblairi Frick
1938Sphenophalos floblairi Stirton
1969Sphenophalos floblairi Webb
1987Plioceros floblairi Tedford et al.
1990Sphenophalos floblairi Voorhies
1998Plioceros floblairi Janis and Manning

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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
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Ruminantiamorpha
—Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
—Pecora()
familyAntilocapridae
genusPlioceros
speciesfloblairi

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.

†Plioceros floblairi Frick 1937
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available