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Meryceros (Submeryceros)

Mammalia - Antilocapridae

Taxonomy
Meryceros (Submeryceros) was named by Frick (1937) [named as subgenus of Meryceros by Frick 1937; earliest use as genus I know of; suggested to be synonymous with Merycodus by Janis and Manning 1998b]. Its type is Meryceros (Submeryceros) crucianus.

It was reranked as Submeryceros by Storer (1975), Voorhies (1990), Janis and Manning (1998); it was synonymized subjectively with Merycodus by Beatty and Martin (2009).

It was assigned to Meryceros by Frick (1937); and to Antilocapridae by Storer (1975), Voorhies (1990), Janis and Manning (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Meryceros (Submeryceros) Frick p. 370
1975Submeryceros Storer p. 63
1990Submeryceros Voorhies
1998Submeryceros Janis and Manning p. 496

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Ruminantiamorpha
—Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
—Pecora()
familyAntilocapridae
genusMeryceros
subgenusSubmeryceros

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.

Subg. †Meryceros (Submeryceros) Frick 1937
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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: browserg
Diet 2: grazerg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2009-01-04 10:46:01
Modified: 2009-01-04 12:46:01
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Solounias and Moelleken 1993, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988
Collections
No collection or age range data are available