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Merriamoceros coronatus

Mammalia - Antilocapridae

Taxonomy
Merycodus coronatus was named by Merriam (1913). Its type specimen is UCMP 20052, a partial skull (a single fragmentary horn or antler), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Barstow (UCMP 2057), which is in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon in the Barstow Formation of California. It is the type species of Ramoceros (Merriamoceros).

It was recombined as Ramoceros (Merriamoceros) coronatus by Frick (1937); it was recombined as Merriamoceros coronatus by Gregory (1942), Janis and Manning (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1913Merycodus coronatus Merriam p. 339 figs. 1 - 3
1937Ramoceros (Merriamoceros) coronatus Frick p. 332
1942Merriamoceros coronatus Gregory
1998Merriamoceros coronatus 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
genusMerriamoceros()
speciescoronatus()

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.

†Merriamoceros coronatus Merriam 1913
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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, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988

Age range: Barstovian or 16.30000 to 12.50000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (California) Merycodus coronatus (type locality: 19162) Ramoceros coronatus (19548 19557 19616)