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Cryptomeryx ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4577447	https://www.gbif.org/species/4577447
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	42617	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=42617

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Lophiomerycidae : Cryptomeryx

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Tragulidae : Cryptomeryx

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Synapsida	Osborn 1903
-	Therapsida
infraorder	Cynodontia
-	Epicynodontia	Hopson and Kitching 2001
infraorder	Eucynodontia	Kemp 1982
-	Probainognathia	Hopson 1990
-	Mammaliamorpha	Rowe 1988
-	Mammaliaformes	Rowe 1988
class	Mammalia	Linnaeus 1758
subclass	Tribosphenida
infraclass	Eutheria
order	Ungulata
order	Artiodactyla	Owen 1848
-	Ruminantiamorpha	Spaulding et al. 2009
-	Ruminantia
family	Tragulidae	Milnes-Edwards 1864
genus	Cryptomeryx	Schlosser 1886

Scientific Name

Cryptomeryx Schlosser, 1886

Name Published In

Morphol. Jahrb., 12, 74

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Cryptomeryx	genus	belongs to Tragulidae	stated with evidence	Sudre, 1984
Cryptomeryx	genus	belongs to Gelocidae	implied	Carroll, 1988
Cryptomeryx	genus	subjective synonym of Lophiomeryx	implied	Vislobokova, 2001

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

33.9 - 28.4 Ma
Oligocene

Last Recorded Appearance

33.9 - 28.4 Ma
Oligocene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Artiodactyla)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Diet

frugivore, grazer (based on Tragulidae)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

B. Lander. 1998. Oreodontoidea. In C. M. Janis, K. M. Scott, and L. L. Jacobs (eds.), Evolution of Tertiary mammals of North America

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Cryptomeryx decedens ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Cryptomeryx gaudryi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		6	33.9 Ma Oligocene	33.9 Ma Oligocene
Cryptomeryx major ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Cryptomeryx matsoui ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	33.9 Ma Oligocene	33.9 Ma Oligocene
Lophiomeryx gaudryi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pseudamphimeryx decedens species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1886	Cryptomeryx Schlosser
1984	Cryptomeryx Sudre
1988	Cryptomeryx Carroll

References

Lander B. (1998) Oreodontoidea, Evolution of Tertiary mammals of North America, 402-425

Sudre J. (1984) Cryptomerix Schlosser, 1886, Tragulidé de l'oligocène d'Europe; relations du genre et considérations sur l'origine des ruminants, Palaeovertebrata 14 1, 1-31

Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698

Morphol. Jahrb., 12, 74 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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