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Simimeryx

Mammalia - Praetragulidae

Taxonomy

Simimeryx was named by Stock (1934). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Hypertragulinae by Gazin (1955); to Hypertragulidae by Stock (1934), Golz (1976), Carroll (1988), Vislobokova (1998); and to Praetragulidae by Vislobokova (2001).

Species

S. hudsoni, S. minutus

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1934	Simimeryx Stock
1955	Simimeryx Gazin p. 44
1976	Simimeryx Golz
1988	Simimeryx Carroll
1998	Simimeryx Vislobokova
2001	Simimeryx Vislobokova p. S136

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha

Rank	Name	Author
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Boreoeutheria
—	Laurasiatheria
—	Scrotifera
—	Euungulata
—	Artiodactylamorpha
—	Artiodactyla	()
—	Ruminantiamorpha
—	Ruminantia	(Scopoli 1777)
infraorder	Tragulina
superfamily	Hypertraguloidea
family	Praetragulidae
genus	Simimeryx

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.

G. †Simimeryx Stock 1934

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†Simimeryx hudsoni Stock 1934

†Simimeryx minutus Peterson 1934

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: base of the Uintan to the top of the Duchesnean or 46.20000 to 37.00000 Ma

Collections (16 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Uintan	46.2 - 39.7	USA (California)	S. hudsoni (16610) S. sp. (16786)
Uintan - Duchesnean	46.2 - 37.0	USA (California)	S. hudsoni (16533 16800 16801)
Duchesnean	39.7 - 37.0	USA (California)	S. hudsoni (16803 16804 16805 16806 16807 16808 16809 16810 16811) S. sp. (16813)
Duchesnean	39.7 - 37.0	USA (Utah)	Leptomeryx minutus (16852)