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Euceratherium ✝

Description

The shrub-ox (Euceratherium collinum) is an extinct genus and species of ovibovine caprine native to North America.


From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euceratherium, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.
Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4835021https://www.gbif.org/species/4835021
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)42770https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=42770
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Bovidae : Euceratherium
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Bovidae : Euceratherium
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
familyBovidaeGray 1821
genusEuceratheriumFurlong & Sinclair 1904
Common Nameshrub-ox
Scientific NameEuceratherium Furlong & Sinclair, 1904
Name Published InUniv. Calif. Publ., Amer. Archaeol., 2
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Euceratheriumgenusbelongs to Bovidaestated without evidenceFurlong and Sinclair, 1904
Euceratheriumgenusbelongs to Bovidaestated with evidenceStovall, 1937
Euceratheriumgenusbelongs to Caprinaestated without evidenceKurten and Anderson, 1980
Euceratheriumgenusbelongs to BovidaeimpliedCarroll, 1988
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)3
First Recorded Appearance2.59 - 0.30 Ma
Pleistocene
Last Recorded Appearance0.13 Ma
Pleistocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Artiodactyla)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietgrazer, browser (based on Bovidae)
Reproductionviviparous (based on Bovidae)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals.
Common Name(s) Shrub-ox
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euceratherium

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Euceratherium collinum ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		Shrub Ox122.59 Ma
Pleistocene		0.13 Ma
Pleistocene
Taurotragus americanus ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		21.80 Ma
Pleistocene		0.13 Ma
Pleistocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1904Euceratherium Furlong and Sinclair
1905Preptoceras Furlong
1913Aftonius Hay pp. 6-7
1935Euceratherium Schultz and Howard p. 290
1935Preptoceras Schultz and Howard p. 291
1937Euceratherium Stovall p. 453
1937Preptoceras Stovall p. 453
1980Euceratherium Kurten and Anderson p. 330
1988Euceratherium Carroll

References

Alroy J. (2002) Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals
Schultz C. B., Howard E. B. (1935) The fauna of Burnet Cave, Guadalupe Mountains, New Mexico, Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 87, 273-298
Stovall J. W. (1937) Euceratherium bizzelli, a new ungulate from Oklahoma 11 5, 450-455
Kurten B., Anderson E. (1980) , Pleistocene mammals of North America, 1-442
Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698
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
Univ. Calif. Publ., Amer. Archaeol., 2 - 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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