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Taxonomy
Cariacus laevicornis was named by Cope (1896) [NOT original combination]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Port Kennedy Cave, which is in an Irvingtonian cave horizon in Pennsylvania.
It was recombined as Dama laevicornis by Hay (1902); it was recombined as Odocoileus laevicornis by Brown (1908), Gidley and Gazin (1938).
It was recombined as Dama laevicornis by Hay (1902); it was recombined as Odocoileus laevicornis by Brown (1908), Gidley and Gazin (1938).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1896 | Cariacus laevicornis Cope p. 393 |
| 1902 | Dama laevicornis Hay p. 684 |
| 1908 | Odocoileus laevicornis Brown p. 167 |
| 1938 | Odocoileus laevicornis Gidley and Gazin |
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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.
†Dama laevicornis Cope 1896
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991 | |||||
Age range: Irvingtonian or 1.80000 to 0.30000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Irvingtonian | USA (Pennsylvania) | Cariacus laevicornis (type locality: 20479) |