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Floridameryx floridanus

Mammalia - Gelocidae

Taxonomy
Floridameryx floridanus was named by Webb (2008). Its type specimen is UF 13832, a mandible (male left ramus), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Withlacoochee River Site 4A, which is in a Hemphillian pond claystone in Florida. It is the type species of Floridameryx.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Floridameryx floridanus Webb p. 20

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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)
infraorderTragulina
superfamilyTraguloidea
familyGelocidaeSchlosser 1886
subfamilyPseudoceratinaeFrick 1937
genusFloridameryx
speciesfloridanus

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: grazero
Diet 2: browsero
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 14:03:05
Modified: 2005-09-19 12:23:23
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Hemphillian or 9.40000 to 4.70000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Clarendonian - Hemphillian12.5 - 4.7USA (Florida) Floridameryx floridanus (18541)
Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (Florida) Floridameryx floridanus (18560) Pseudoceras sp. (type locality: 18601)
Late/Upper Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (Florida) Floridameryx floridanus (18532 18573)
Late/Upper Hemphillian - Zanclean9.4 - 3.6USA (Florida) Floridameryx floridanus (18535)