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Plioceros

Mammalia - Antilocapridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Plioceros Frick
1972Plioceros Woodburne and Golz
1981Plioceros Tedford
1987Plioceros Janis and Scott
1987Plioceros Tedford et al.
1988Plioceros Carroll
1990Plioceros Voorhies
1991Plioceros Leite
1991Plioceros Lozinsky and Tedford
1992Plioceros Whistler and Burbank
1993Plioceros Tedford and Barghoorn
1998Plioceros Janis and Manning

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

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. †Plioceros Frick 1937
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†Plioceros blicki Frick 1937
†Plioceros dehlini Frick 1937
†Plioceros floblairi Frick 1937
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: browserf
Diet 2: grazerf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-31 16:51:41
Source: f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Barstovian to the top of the Clarendonian or 16.30000 to 9.40000 Ma

Collections (29 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Montana) Sphenophalos blicki (18931 19067)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nebraska) P. dehlini (18136) P. floblairi (18119 18155)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (New Mexico) P. blicki (19535)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (California) P. sp. (19316 19318 19322 19323 19324 19517)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Nebraska) P. dehlini (18322) P. floblairi (18135 18218 18227 18333 18468) Sphenophalos floblairi (18226)
Late/Upper Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Oregon) Sphenophalos nevadanus (19036)
Clarendonian - Hemphillian12.5 - 4.9USA (New Mexico) P. blicki (19573)
Clarendonian - Hemphillian12.5 - 4.9USA (Nebraska) P. sp. (18236)
Late/Upper Clarendonian - late Early Hemphillian12.5 - 4.9USA (Nebraska) P. sp. (18298)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (California) P. sp. (19551)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (New Mexico) P. blicki (19474) P. sp. (19289 19350)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9Mexico (Zacatecas) P. sp. (157349)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (New Mexico) P. blicki (19473)