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Capromeryx mexicana

Mammalia - Antilocapridae

Taxonomy
Capromeryx mexicana was named by Furlong (1925). Its type specimen is UCMP 26648, a partial skeleton (skull and large part of skeleton of an adult individual), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is El Tajo UCMP V2501, which is in a Pleistocene fissure fill breccia in Mexico.

It was recombined as Breameryx mexicana by Furlong Eustace (1946).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Capromeryx mexicana Furlong
1946Breameryx mexicana Furlong Eustace p. 138
1960Capromeryx mexicana Hibbard and Taylor
1980Capromeryx mexicana Kurten and Anderson p. 321
1995Capromeryx mexicana Morgan and Morgan
1998Capromeryx mexicana 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()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Ruminantiamorpha
—Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
—Pecora()
familyAntilocapridae
subfamilyAntilocaprinae
genusCapromeryxMatthew 1902
speciesmexicana

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.

†Capromeryx mexicana Furlong 1925
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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: 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, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Mexico) Capromeryx mexicana (type locality: 227227)