Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Soergelia mayfieldi

Mammalia - Bovidae

Taxonomy
Preptoceras mayfieldi was named by Troxell (1915). Its type specimen is YPM 10920, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is head of Rock Creek, Mayfield Ranch, which is in an Irvingtonian terrestrial horizon in the Tule Formation of Texas.

It was recombined as Euceratherium mayfieldi by Frick (1937); it was recombined as Soergelia mayfieldi by Harington (1978), Kurten and Anderson (1980) and Schultz (1990).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Preptoceras mayfieldi Troxell p. 479 figs. 1 - 3
1937Euceratherium mayfieldi Frick
1951Soergelia elisabethae Schaub
1978Soergelia mayfieldi Harington
1980Soergelia mayfieldi Kurten and Anderson p. 331
1990Soergelia mayfieldi Schultz

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

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()
familyBovidae
genusSoergeliaSchaub 1951
speciesmayfieldi()

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.

Soergelia mayfieldi Troxell 1915
show all | hide all
Invalid names: Soergelia elisabethae Schaub 1951 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available