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Ramoceros ✝

Description


Ramoceros is an extinct genus of the artiodactyl family Antilocapridae endemic to Miocene and Pliocene North America.


From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramoceros, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.
Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4834690https://www.gbif.org/species/4834690
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)42736https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=42736
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Antilocapridae : Ramoceros
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Antilocapridae : Ramoceros
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
-Ruminantia
-Pecora
familyAntilocapridaeGray 1866
subfamilyMerycodontinaeMatthew 1904
genusRamocerosFrick 1937
Scientific NameRamoceros Frick, 1937
Name Published InBull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 69, 290
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Ramocerosgenusbelongs to Antilocapridaestated without evidenceFrick, 1937
Ramocerosgenussubjective synonym of Merycodusstated without evidenceGregory, 1942
Ramocerosgenusbelongs to AntilocapridaeimpliedCarroll, 1988
Ramocerosgenusbelongs to Antilocapridaestated without evidenceVoorhies, 1990
Ramocerosgenusbelongs to Antilocapridaestated with evidenceJanis and Manning, 1998
Ramocerosgenusbelongs to Merycodontinaestated with evidenceMay, 2019
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)6
First Recorded Appearance23.0 - 13.6 Ma
Miocene
Last Recorded Appearance13.6 - 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)C. Frick. 1937. Horned ruminants of North America. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 69:1-669
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramoceros

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Cosoryx ramosus ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		616.0 Ma
Miocene		13.6 Ma
Miocene
Merycodus osborni ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		1223.0 Ma
Miocene		16.0 Ma
Miocene
Ramoceros brevicornis ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		116.0 Ma
Miocene		16.0 Ma
Miocene
Ramoceros marthae ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		113.6 Ma
Miocene		13.6 Ma
Miocene
Ramoceros palmatus ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1937Ramoceros Frick
1988Ramoceros Carroll
1990Ramoceros Voorhies
1998Ramoceros Janis and Manning
2019Ramoceros May

References

Frick C. (1937) Horned ruminants of North America, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 69, 1-669
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
Janis C. M., Manning E. (1998) Antilocapridae, Evolution of Tertiary mammals of North America, 491-507
May S. R. (2019) The Lapara Creek Fauna: Early Clarendonian of south Texas, USA, Palaeontologia Electronica 22.1.15, 1-129 doi:10.26879/929
Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 69, 290 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
GBIF/Paleo Database - 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
as per family - 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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