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Merycodus
Taxonomy
Merycodus was named by Leidy (1854). Its type is Merycodus necatus.
It was synonymized subjectively with Dicrocerus by Cope (1877); it was considered a nomen dubium by Frick (1937).
It was assigned to Cervidae by Leidy (1873); to Cervulinae by Hay (1902); to Merycodontidae by Matthew (1904); and to Antilocapridae by Leidy (1854), Cook (1934), Skinner and Taylor (1967), Carroll (1988), Janis and Manning (1998).
It was synonymized subjectively with Dicrocerus by Cope (1877); it was considered a nomen dubium by Frick (1937).
It was assigned to Cervidae by Leidy (1873); to Cervulinae by Hay (1902); to Merycodontidae by Matthew (1904); and to Antilocapridae by Leidy (1854), Cook (1934), Skinner and Taylor (1967), Carroll (1988), Janis and Manning (1998).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1854 | Merycodus Leidy p. 90 |
| 1873 | Merycodus Leidy p. 318 |
| 1875 | Dicrocerus Cope |
| 1902 | Merycodus Hay p. 683 |
| 1904 | Merycodus Matthew p. 103 |
| 1934 | Merycodus Cook p. 161 |
| 1934 | Merycodus prodromus Cook p. 161 |
| 1937 | Meryceros Frick p. 293 |
| 1967 | Meryceros Skinner and Taylor |
| 1967 | Merycodus Skinner and Taylor |
| 1988 | Merycodus Carroll |
| 1988 | Meryceros Honey and Izett |
| 1998 | Merycodus Janis and Manning |
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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. †Merycodus Leidy 1854
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†Merycodus crucensis Frick 1937
†Merycodus hookwayi Furlong 1934
†Merycodus joraki Frick 1937
†Merycodus major Frick 1937
†Merycodus minimus Frick 1937
†Merycodus minor Frick 1937
†Merycodus necatus Leidy 1854
†Merycodus sabulonis Matthew and Cook 1909
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Invalid names: Cosoryx (Subparacosoryx) savaronis Frick 1937 [synonym]
†Merycodus tehuanus Cope 1877
†Merycodus trilateralis Cope 1877
†Merycodus warreni Leidy 1858
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†Meryceros warreni johnsoni Frick 1937
Invalid names: Meryceros nenzelensis Frick 1937 [synonym]
Invalid names: Dicrocerus Cope 1875 [synonym], Meryceros Frick 1937 [synonym], Merycodus prodromus Cook 1934 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Solounias and Moelleken 1993, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Miocene to the top of the Clarendonian or 23.04000 to 9.40000 Ma
Collections (89 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Harrisonian | USA (Nebraska) | M. prodromus (17737) | |
| Miocene | USA (Nebraska) | Meryceros warreni (18025) M. warreni (18354) | |
| Miocene | USA (California) | Merycodontinae indet. (19442) M. necatus (19441) | |
| Miocene | USA (Colorado) | M. sp. (18310) | |
| Miocene | USA (Montana) | M. necatus (18966) M. sp. (18812) | |
| Early/Lower Hemingfordian | USA (New Mexico) | M. sabulonis (19388) | |
| Hemingfordian | USA (California) | M. sp. (19586) | |
| Hemingfordian | USA (Nebraska) | Cosoryx sp. (17984) Meryceros minor (18000) M. sabulonis (17920 17961) | |
| Hemingfordian | USA (New Mexico) | M. sabulonis (19434) | |
| Hemingfordian | USA (Wyoming) | Meryceros sp. (17957) M. sabulonis (19073 19074 19075 19078 19081) | |
| Late/Upper Hemingfordian | USA (New Mexico) | Submeryceros minimus (19339) | |
| Barstovian | USA (New Mexico) | Meryceros crucensis (19535) | |
| Barstovian | USA (Nebraska) | Cervus warreni (18109) Meryceros nenzelensis (18281) Meryceros warreni (18124) M. minor (18208 18248) M. necatus (18027 18090 18123 18199 18261 18332 18353 18376) M. necatus, M. minor (18284) M. warreni (18031 18121 18164 18206 18209) M. warreni, Submeryceros minor (18442) | |
| Barstovian | USA (Montana) | Cosoryx sp. (18897) | |
| Barstovian | Canada (Saskatchewan) | M. necatus (18758 18761 18767 18773) M. necatus, Submeryceros minor (18797) M. sabulonis (18769 18785 18786) | |
| Barstovian | USA (Nevada) | M. hookwayi (19097) | |
| Barstovian | USA (South Dakota) | M. necatus (18117 18397) | |
| Barstovian | USA (California) | Meryceros joraki (19364 19366 19422 19463 19471 19510 19513 19598) M. sp. (19133 19313 214888 214889) | |
| Barstovian | Mexico (Oaxaca) | Antilocapridae indet. (18722) | |
| Barstovian | USA (Colorado) | Meryceros warreni, Meryceros minor (18203) | |
| Early/Lower Barstovian | USA (New Mexico) | Meryceros crucensis (19611) Meryceros sp. (19547) | |
| Early/Lower Barstovian | USA (Montana) | M. necatus (18803) | |
| Early/Lower Barstovian | USA (Nebraska) | Cosoryx savaronis (17911) Cosoryx savaronis, M. sabulonis (17995) M. sabulonis (17904 17919 17972 17975) | |
| Barstovian - Clarendonian | USA (Nebraska) | M. sabulonis (230906) | |
| Clarendonian | USA (Texas) | Ramoceros ramosus (18640) | |
| Clarendonian | USA (Nevada) | M. alticornis (18888) M. sp. (18845) | |
| Clarendonian | USA (South Dakota) | M. major (18470) | |
| Clarendonian | USA (California) | M. sp. (19185) | |
| Clarendonian - Hemphillian | USA (Wyoming) | Meryceros warreni (18424) | |
| Tortonian | USA (California) | M. sp. (52210) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | USA (Wyoming) | M. sp. (19044 19045) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | USA (Colorado) | M. warreni (18846) |