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Plioceros ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	3240365	https://www.gbif.org/species/3240365
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	42734	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=42734

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Antilocapridae : Plioceros

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Antilocapridae : Plioceros

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
-	Pecora
family	Antilocapridae	Gray 1866
genus	Plioceros	Frick 1937

Scientific Name

Plioceros Frick, 1937

Name Published In

Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 69

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Plioceros	genus	belongs to Antilocapridae	stated without evidence	Frick, 1937
Plioceros	genus	subjective synonym of Sphenophalos	stated without evidence	Stirton, 1938
Plioceros	genus	belongs to Antilocapridae	stated without evidence	Woodburne and Golz, 1972
Plioceros	genus	subjective synonym of Sphenophalos	stated without evidence	Webb, 1973
Plioceros	genus	belongs to Antilocapridae	stated without evidence	Tedford, 1981
Plioceros	genus	belongs to Antilocapridae	implied	Carroll, 1988
Plioceros	genus	belongs to Antilocapridae	stated without evidence	Voorhies, 1990
Plioceros	genus	belongs to Antilocapridae	stated with evidence	Janis and Manning, 1998

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

23.0 - 13.6 Ma
Miocene

Last Recorded Appearance

10.3 - 4.9 Ma
Neogene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Artiodactyla)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Diet

browser, grazer (based on Antilocapridae)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

C. Frick. 1937. Horned ruminants of North America. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 69:1-669

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Plioceros blicki ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	6	23.0 Ma Miocene	10.3 Ma Miocene
Plioceros dehlini ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	13.6 Ma Miocene	13.6 Ma Miocene
Plioceros floblairi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	8	16.0 Ma Miocene	13.6 Ma Miocene

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1937	Plioceros Frick
1972	Plioceros Woodburne and Golz
1981	Plioceros Tedford
1987	Plioceros Janis and Scott
1987	Plioceros Tedford et al.
1988	Plioceros Carroll

Year	Name and Author
1990	Plioceros Voorhies
1991	Plioceros Leite
1991	Plioceros Lozinsky and Tedford
1992	Plioceros Whistler and Burbank
1993	Plioceros Tedford and Barghoorn
1998	Plioceros Janis and Manning

References

Frick C. (1937) Horned ruminants of North America, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 69, 1-669

Woodburne M. O., Golz D. J. (1972) Stratigraphy of the Punchbowl Formation, Cajon Valley, southern California, University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 92, 1-72

Tedford R. H. (1981) Mammalian biochronology of the late Cenozoic basins of New Mexico, Geological Society America Bulletin 92

Tedford R. H., Galusha T., et al (1987) Faunal succession and biochronology of the Arikareean through Hemphillian interval (late Oligocene through earliest Pliocene epochs) in North America, Cenozoic Mammals of North America: Geochronology and Biostratigraphy, 153-210

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

Voorhies M. R. (1990) Vertebrate biostratigraphy of the Ogallala Group in Nebraska, Geologic Framework and Regional Hydrology: Upper Cenozoic Blackwater Draw and Ogallala Formations, Great Plains, 115-151

Lozinsky R. P., Tedford R. H. (1991) Geology and Paleontology of the Santa Fe Group, Southwestern Albuquerque Basin, Valencia County, New Mexico, Bulletin of the New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Research 132, 1-35

Whistler D. P., Burbank D. W. (1992) Miocene biostratigraphy and biochronology of the Dove Spring Formation, Mojave Desert, California, and characterization of the Clarendonian mammal age (late Miocene) in California, Geological Society America Bulletin 104 6, 644-658 doi:10.1130/0016-7606(1992)104<0644:MBABOT>2.3.CO;2

Tedford R. H., Barghoorn S. F. (1993) Road Log Neogene geology of the Española Basin, New Mexico, New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletin 2, 169-178

Janis C. M., Manning E. (1998) Antilocapridae, Evolution of Tertiary mammals of North America, 491-507

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

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 69 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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