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Mesoreodon ✝

Description

Mesoreodon is an extinct genus of terrestrial herbivore of the family Merycoidodontidae, subfamily Merycoidodontinae (the oreodonts), endemic to North America during the Whitneyan stage of the Oligocene-Miocene epochs (33—20.6 mya) existing for approximately 12.4 million years.


From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesoreodon, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.
Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4835288https://www.gbif.org/species/4835288
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)42503https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=42503
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Merycoidodontidae : Mesoreodon
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Merycoidodontidae : Mesoreodon
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
familyMerycoidodontidaeCook 1912
subfamilyMerycoidodontinaeHay 1902
genusMesoreodonScott 1893
Scientific NameMesoreodon Scott, 1893
Name Published InAmer. Natural., 27
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Mesoreodongenusbelongs to Merycoidodontinaestated without evidenceHay, 1902
Mesoreodongenusbelongs to Merycoidodontidaestated without evidenceThorpe, 1937
Mesoreodongenusbelongs to Promerycochoerinaestated with evidenceSchultz and Falkenbach, 1949
Mesoreodongenusbelongs to Merycoidodontinaestated with evidenceStevens and Stevens, 1996
Mesoreodongenussubjective synonym of Eporeodonstated without evidenceLander, 1998
Mesoreodongenusbelongs to Merycoidodontinaestated with evidenceStevens and Stevens, 2007
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)5
First Recorded Appearance33.3 - 30.8 Ma
Oligocene
Last Recorded Appearance24.8 - 20.4 Ma
Cenozoic
Environmentterrestrial (based on Artiodactyla)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietherbivore (based on Merycoidodontidae)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)W. B. Scott. 1893. The Mammals of the Deep River Beds. The American Naturalist 27(319):659-662
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesoreodon

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Mesoreodon chelonyx ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		1233.3 Ma
Oligocene		30.8 Ma
Oligocene
Mesoreodon floridensis ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		128.1 Ma
Oligocene		28.1 Ma
Oligocene
Promerycochoerus minor ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		2933.3 Ma
Oligocene		24.8 Ma
Oligocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1893Mesoreodon Scott p. 661
1902Mesoreodon Hay p. 667
1937Mesoreodon Thorpe p. 97
1949Mesoreodon Schultz and Falkenbach p. 121 figs. 7, 15-20, 25-26
1996Mesoreodon Stevens and Stevens p. 532
2007Mesoreodon Stevens and Stevens p. 158

References

Scott W. B. The Mammals of the Deep River Beds, The American Naturalist 27 319, 659-662
Hay O. P. (1902) , Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179, 1-868
Thorpe M. R. (1937) The Merycoidodontidae, an extinct group of ruminant mammals, Peabody Museum of Natural History Memoir 3 4, 1-428
Schultz C. B., Falkenbach C. H. (1949) Promerycochoerinae, a new subfamily of oreodonts, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 93 3, 69-198
Stevens M. S., Stevens J. B. (1996) Merycoidodontinae and Miniochoerinae, The Terrestrial Eocene-Oligocene Transition in North America, 498-573
Stevens M. S., Stevens J. B. (2007) Family Merycoidodontidae, The Evolution of Artiodactyls, 157-168
Amer. Natural., 27 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Museum Victoria KEmu database (Oct 2006) - 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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