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Hypertragulus calcaratus

Mammalia - Hypertragulidae

Taxonomy
Leptauchenia calcarata was named by Cope (1873). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Hypertragulus calcaratus by Cope (1874), Cope (1879), Cope (1884), Hay (1902), Lull (1922), Frick (1937), Scott (1940), Galbreath (1953), Vislobokova (2001), Lofgren et al. (2020).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Hypertragulus tricostatus Cope
1873Leptauchenia calcarata Cope p. 7
1874Hypertragulus calcaratus Cope p. 26
1874Hypertragulus tricostatus Cope p. 27
1879Hypertragulus calcaratus Cope
1884Hypertragulus calcaratus Cope
1902Hypertragulus calcaratus Hay p. 674
1922Hypertragulus calcaratus Lull p. 112
1937Hypertragulus calcaratus Frick
1940Hypertragulus calcaratus Scott p. 521
1953Hypertragulus calcaratus Galbreath
2001Hypertragulus calcaratus Vislobokova p. S140
2020Hypertragulus calcaratus Lofgren et al.

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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)
infraorderTragulina
superfamilyHypertraguloidea
familyHypertragulidae
genusHypertragulus
speciescalcaratus()

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.

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Invalid names: Hypertragulus tricostatus Cope 1874 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: frugivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 14:47:03
Modified: 2005-08-31 16:47:03
Source: f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Webb 1998, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Chadronian to the top of the Chattian or 37.00000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections (26 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Nebraska) Hypertragulus calcaratus (16918)
Orellan33.9 - 31.8USA (Colorado) Hypertragulus calcaratus (17081 17082)
Orellan33.9 - 31.8USA (Nebraska) Hypertragulus calcaratus (17098 17164 17165)
Orellan33.9 - 31.8USA (Wyoming) Hypertragulus calcaratus (17104 17105 17106)
Orellan33.9 - 31.8USA (South Dakota) Hypertragulus calcaratus (17094 17102 17103 17115 17153 17173 17174 163487)
Whitneyan31.8 - 29.5USA (South Dakota) Hypertragulus calcaratus (17336 17338)
Whitneyan31.8 - 29.5USA (Montana) Hypertragulus calcaratus (230863)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Oregon) Hypertragulus calcaratus (93080 180202)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Montana) Hypertragulus calcaratus (17509)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04USA (Oregon) Hypertragulus calcaratus (17603 93079)
Monroecreekian - Harrisonian24.7 - 18.5USA (Oregon) Hypertragulus calcaratus (17528)