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Phenacocoelus typus ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4970410https://www.gbif.org/species/4970410
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)50297https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=50297
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Merycoidodontidae : Phenacocoelus : Phenacocoelus typus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Merycoidodontidae : Phenacocoelus : Phenacocoelus typus
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
subfamilyTicholeptinaeSchultz and Falkenbach 1941
genusPhenacocoelusPeterson 1907
speciesPhenacocoelus typusPeterson 1907
Generic NamePhenacocoelus
Scientific NamePhenacocoelus typus Peterson, 1907
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Phenacocoelus typusspeciesbelongs to Phenacocoelusstated without evidencePeterson, 1907
Phenacocoelus typusspeciesbelongs to Phenacocoelusstated with evidenceSchultz and Falkenbach, 1950
Phenacocoelus typusspeciesbelongs to Phenacocoelusstated without evidenceStevens and Stevens, 2007
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance26.3 - 24.8 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)O. A. Peterson. 1907. The Miocene Beds of Western Nebraska and Eastern Wyoming and Their Vertebrate Faunae. Annals of Carnegie Museum 4(3):21-72

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1907Phenacocoelus typus Peterson
1937Phenacocoelus typus Thorpe p. 182 figs. Figs. 5, 132-136; PI. XLIII, fig. 2
1950Phenacocoelus typus Schultz and Falkenbach p. 111 figs. 1-3, 11, 13, 15
1980Phenacocoelus typus MacFadden p. 97
2007Phenacocoelus typus Stevens and Stevens p. 164

References

Peterson O. A. (1907) The Miocene Beds of Western Nebraska and Eastern Wyoming and Their Vertebrate Faunae, Annals of Carnegie Museum 4 3, 21-72
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. (1950) Phenacocoelinae, a new subfamily of oreodonts, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 95 3
MacFadden B. J. (1980) An early Miocene land mammal (Oreodonta) from a marine limestone in northern Florida, Journal of Paleontology 54 1, 93-101
Stevens M. S., Stevens J. B. (2007) Family Merycoidodontidae, The Evolution of Artiodactyls, 157-168
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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