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Merycodontinae ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)65570https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=65570
Ranksubfamily (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Antilocapridae : Merycodontinae
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
-Ruminantia
-Pecora
familyAntilocapridaeGray 1866
subfamilyMerycodontinaeMatthew 1904
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Merycodontinaefamilybelongs to Ruminantiastated without evidenceGregory, 1910
Merycodontinaesubfamilybelongs to Antilocapridaestated with evidenceJanis and Manning, 1998
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)7
First Recorded Appearance23.0 - 16.0 Ma
Miocene
Last Recorded Appearance11.6 - 4.9 Ma
Neogene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Artiodactyla)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietbrowser, grazer (based on Antilocapridae)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)W. D. Matthew. 1904. A complete skeleton of Merycodus. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 20(7):101-129

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Ramoceros
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
2823.0 Ma
Miocene
13.6 Ma
Miocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1904Merycodontidae Matthew p. 103
1910Merycodontidae Gregory p. 466
1911Merycodontidae Jaekel p. 234
1998Merycodontinae Janis and Manning

References

Matthew W. D. (1904) A complete skeleton of Merycodus, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 20 7, 101-129
Gregory W. K. (1910) The orders of mammals, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 27, 1-524
Jaekel O. (1911) , Die Wirbeltiere. Eine Übersicht über die Fossilen und Lebenden Formen [The Vertebrates. An Overview of the Fossil and Living Forms], viii-252
Janis C. M., Manning E. (1998) Antilocapridae, Evolution of Tertiary mammals of North America, 491-507
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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