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Texoceros

Mammalia - Antilocapridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Texoceros Frick
1988Texoceros Carroll

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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
genusTexoceros

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. †Texoceros Frick 1937
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†Texoceros altidens Matthew 1924
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Invalid names: Capromeryx texanus Hesse 1935 [synonym], Dorcameryx optimae Reed and Longnecker 1928 [synonym]
†Texoceros edensis Frick 1937
†Texoceros guymonensis Frick 1937
†Texoceros minorei Frick 1937
†Texoceros vaughani Frick 1937
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: browserg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Comments: browser based on premaxillary shape (Solounias and Moelleken 1993)g
Created: 2009-01-04 10:45:04
Modified: 2009-01-04 12:45:04
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Solounias and Moelleken 1993, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Hemphillian to the top of the Miocene or 10.30000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (California) Capromeryx altidens (19376)
Clarendonian - Hemphillian12.5 - 4.9USA (Nebraska) T. guymonensis (18305)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9Mexico (Guanajuato) T. sp. (18718)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Texas) Capromeryx texanus (178104) T. altidens (18097) T. sp. (18073)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Kansas) T. guymonensis (18140) T. sp. (18166 18342)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Nebraska) T. altidens (18033 18258 18323) T. guymonensis (18086) T. sp. (18225)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Oklahoma) T. guymonensis, T. minorei (18304)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Arizona) T. sp. (18933 19272)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Colorado) T. vaughani (18495)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Nevada) T. sp. (18900)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Arizona) T. minorei (19612) T. sp. (19514)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9Mexico (Guanajuato) T. sp. (18740)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (California) T. edensis (19445)