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Bouromeryx americanus

Mammalia - Palaeomerycidae

Taxonomy
Palaeomeryx americanus was named by Douglass (1899). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Dromomeryx americanus by Douglass (1909); it was recombined as Barbouromeryx americanus by Frick (1937); it was recombined as Rakomeryx americanus by Shotwell (1968); it was recombined as Bouromeryx americanus by Voorhies (1990), Tabrum and Nichols (2001), Prothero and Liter (2007) and Prothero and Liter (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. nebrascensis

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1899Palaeomeryx americanus Douglass p. 20 figs. Plate 4, figures 2 and 3
1899Palaeomeryx madisonius Douglass p. 23
1902Palaeomeryx americanus Hay p. 682
1902Palaeomeryx madisonius Hay p. 682
1904Palaeomeryx americanus Matthew p. 104
1904Palaeomeryx madisonius Matthew p. 104
1909Dromomeryx americanus Douglass
1909Dromomeryx madisonius Douglass
1922Dromomeryx parvus Cook
1937Barbouromeryx americanus Frick
1937Barbouromeryx madisonius Frick
1937Barbouromeryx milleri Frick
1937Barbouromeryx nebrascensis Frick
1937Barbouromeryx pawniensis Frick
1937Barbouromeryx pseudonebrascensis Frick
1937Barbouromeryx supernebrascensis Frick
1937Bouromeryx parvus Frick
1968Rakomeryx americanus Shotwell
1977Bouromeryx milleri Skinner et al.
1977Bouromeryx parvus Skinner et al.
1977Bouromeryx pawniensis Skinner et al.
1977Bouromeryx pseudonebrascensis Skinner et al.
1977Bouromeryx supernebrascensis Skinner et al.
1990Bouromeryx americanus Voorhies
1990Bouromeryx milleri Voorhies
1990Bouromeryx pawniensis Voorhies
1998Bouromeryx madisonius Janis and Manning
1998Bouromeryx milleri Janis and Manning
1998Bouromeryx pawniensis Janis and Manning
2001Bouromeryx americanus Tabrum and Nichols
2001Bouromeryx madisonius Tabrum and Nichols
2007Bouromeryx americanus Prothero and Liter p. 247
2008Bouromeryx americanus Prothero and Liter

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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
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
RankNameAuthor
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Ruminantiamorpha
—Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
—Pecora()
superfamilyCervoidea
familyPalaeomerycidaeLydekker 1883
subfamilyDromomerycinae(Frick 1937)
tribeCranioceratiniFrick 1937
genusBouromeryx
speciesamericanus()

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.

†Bouromeryx americanus Douglass 1899
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Invalid names: Barbouromeryx nebrascensis Frick 1937 [synonym], Bouromeryx milleri Frick 1937 [synonym], Bouromeryx pawniensis Frick 1937 [synonym], Bouromeryx pseudonebrascensis Frick 1937 [synonym], Bouromeryx supernebrascensis Frick 1937 [synonym], Dromomeryx parvus Cook 1922 [synonym], Palaeomeryx madisonius Douglass 1899 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
D. R. Prothero and M. R. Liter 2008Larger species of Bouromeryx (Table 1).