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Leptoreodon marshi

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4970478https://www.gbif.org/species/4970478
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)47605https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=47605
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Protoceratidae : Leptoreodon : Leptoreodon marshi
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Protoceratidae : Leptoreodon : Leptoreodon marshi
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SynapsidaOsborn 1903
-Therapsida
infraorderCynodontia
-EpicynodontiaHopson and Kitching 2001
infraorderEucynodontiaKemp 1982
-ProbainognathiaHopson 1990
-MammaliamorphaRowe 1988
-MammaliaformesRowe 1988
classMammaliaLinnaeus 1758
subclassTribosphenida
infraclassEutheria
orderUngulata
orderArtiodactylaOwen 1848
-RuminantiamorphaSpaulding et al. 2009
familyProtoceratidaeMarsh 1891
genusLeptoreodonWortman 1898
speciesLeptoreodon marshiWortman 1898
Generic NameLeptoreodon
Scientific NameLeptoreodon marshi Wortman, 1898
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Leptoreodon marshispeciesbelongs to Leptoreodonstated with evidenceWortman, 1898
Leptoreodon marshispeciesbelongs to Leptoreodonstated without evidenceHay, 1902
Leptoreodon marshispeciesbelongs to Leptoreodonstated with evidencePeterson, 1919
Leptoreodon marshispeciesbelongs to Leptoreodonstated without evidenceGazin, 1955
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance46.2 - 40.4 Ma
Eocene
Last Recorded Appearance46.2 - 40.4 Ma
Eocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Artiodactyla)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietbrowser (based on Protoceratidae)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. L. Wortman. 1898. The extinct Camelidae of North America and some associated forms. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 10(7):93-141

Fossil Distribution

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Camelomeryx longiceps Scott, 1898GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Protoceratidae : Leptoreodon : Camelomeryx longiceps
Merycodesmus gracilis Scott, 1898GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Protoceratidae : Leptoreodon : Merycodesmus gracilis

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1898Camelomeryx longiceps Scott
1898Merycodesmus gracilis Scott
1898Leptoreodon marshi Wortman p. 95 fig. 1
1902Camelomeryx longiceps Hay p. 672
1902Leptoreodon gracilis Hay p. 672
1902Leptoreodon marshi Hay p. 672
1919Leptoreodon marshi Peterson p. 98
1955Leptoreodon marshi Gazin
1976Leptoreodon marshi Golz

References

Wortman J. L. The extinct Camelidae of North America and some associated forms, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 10 7, 93-141
Scott W. B. Preliminary Note on the Selenodont Artiodactyls of the Uinta Formation, Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 37 157, 73-81
Hay O. P. (1902) , Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179, 1-868
Peterson O. A. (1919) Report Upon the Material Discovered in the Upper Eocene of the Uinta Basin by Earl Douglas in the Years 1908-1909, and by O. A. Peterson in 1912, Annals of Carnegie Museum 12 2, 40-168
Gazin C. L. (1955) A review of the Upper Eocene Artiodactyla of North America, Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 128 8, 1-96
Golz D. J. (1976) Eocene Artiodactyla of Southern California, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles Count, Science Bulletin 26, 1-85
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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