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Ramoceros osborni
Taxonomy
Merycodus osborni was named by Matthew (1904). Its type specimen is AMNH 9476, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Ramoceros.
It was recombined as Ramoceros osborni by Frick (1937), Galbreath (1953) and Janis and Manning (1998).
It was recombined as Ramoceros osborni by Frick (1937), Galbreath (1953) and Janis and Manning (1998).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1904 | Merycodus osborni Matthew p. 107 figs. 1 - 16 |
1937 | Ramoceros (Paramoceros) kansanus Frick |
1937 | Ramoceros hitchcockensis Frick |
1937 | Ramoceros osborni Frick p. 328 figs. Figs. 28, 28A (skull), 43 (ramus). |
1937 | Ramoceros (Paramoceros) howardae Frick p. 330 figs. Figs. 33, 34 |
1937 | Ramoceros (Paramoceros) kansanus Frick p. 331 |
1953 | Ramoceros osborni Galbreath |
1998 | Ramoceros osborni Janis and Manning |
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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.
†Ramoceros osborni Matthew 1904
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Invalid names: Ramoceros (Paramoceros) howardae Frick 1937 [synonym], Ramoceros (Paramoceros) kansanus Frick 1937 [synonym], Ramoceros hitchcockensis Frick 1937 [synonym]
Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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W. D. Matthew 1904 | Antlers three-tined in mature, two-tined in a younger adult, bifurcate some distance above burr, and the posterior branch again bifurcate; considerably flattened and expanded at each bifurcation. Teeth less compressed than in M. furcatus and M. necatus, pre- molar not reduced in size. Fore and Hind feet with vestiges of lateral phalanges, but none of the lateral metapodials. |