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Yumaceras hamiltoni

Mammalia - Dromomerycidae

Taxonomy
Pediomeryx hamiltoni was named by Webb (1983). Its type locality is Love Bone Bed, which is in a Clarendonian marginal marine horizon in the Alachua Formation of Florida.

It was recombined as Yumaceras hamiltoni by Prothero and Liter (2007), Prothero and Liter (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Pediomeryx hamiltoni Webb
2007Yumaceras hamiltoni Prothero and Liter p. 248
2008Yumaceras hamiltoni Prothero and Liter

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Ruminantiamorpha
—Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
—Pecora()
superfamilyCervoidea
familyDromomerycidaeFrick 1937
tribeCranioceratiniFrick 1937
genusYumaceras
specieshamiltoni()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Yumaceras hamiltoni Webb 1983
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 14:50:18
Modified: 2005-08-31 16:50:18
Source: f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Janis and Manning 1998, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Hemphillian to the top of the Late/Upper Clarendonian or 10.30000 to 9.40000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Florida) Yumaceras sp. (type locality: 18554)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Florida) Pediomeryx hamiltoni (18563 26549)
early Early Hemphillian - late Early Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Florida) Pediomeryx sp. (18539)