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Yumaceras ruminalis

Mammalia - Dromomerycidae

Taxonomy
Pediomeryx ruminalis was named by Stirton (1939). Its type locality is UCMP V-3405, Norris Canyon, which is in a Miocene terrestrial horizon in California.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Pediomeryx ruminalis Stirton
2007Yumaceras ruminalis Prothero and Liter p. 248
2008Yumaceras ruminalis 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
speciesruminalis()

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 ruminalis Stirton 1939
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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: Janis and Manning 1998, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: Miocene or 23.03000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (California) Pediomeryx ruminalis (type locality: 19459)