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Merycodus warreni

Mammalia - Antilocapridae

Taxonomy
Cervus warreni was named by Leidy (1858). Its type specimen is USNM 149 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Crookston Bridge Quarry, which is in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon in the Valentine Formation of Nebraska. It is the type species of Meryceros.

It was synonymized subjectively with Dicrocerus necatus by Cope (1875); it was synonymized subjectively with Merycodus necatus by Hay (1902), Matthew (1904) and Forsten (1970); it was recombined as Meryceros warreni by Frick (1937), Skinner and Taylor (1967), Honey and Izett (1988); it was recombined as Merycodus warreni by Gregory (1942), Galbreath (1953), Voorhies (1990), Janis and Manning (1998).

Synonyms
  • Meryceros nenzelensis was named by Frick (1937). Its type specimen is F:AM 32174, a partial skull (Partial skull with heavy, branching horn without burr), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Nenzel Quarry, which is in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon in the Valentine Formation of Nebraska.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Merycodus warreni by Voorhies (1990).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Cervus warreni Leidy p. 23
1937Meryceros nenzelensis Frick p. 359 figs. Figures 40 and (in part) 44
1937Meryceros warreni Frick p. 361
1942Merycodus warreni Gregory
1953Merycodus warreni Galbreath
1967Meryceros warreni Skinner and Taylor
1988Meryceros warreni Honey and Izett
1990Merycodus warreni Voorhies
1998Merycodus warreni 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
genusMerycodus
specieswarreni()

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.

†Merycodus warreni Leidy 1858
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Invalid names: Meryceros nenzelensis Frick 1937 [synonym]
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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: browserg
Diet 2: grazerg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2009-01-04 10:46:01
Modified: 2009-01-04 12:46:01
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Solounias and Moelleken 1993, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Barstovian to the top of the Late/Upper Miocene or 16.30000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Nebraska) Meryceros warreni (18025) Merycodus warreni (18354)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nebraska) Cervus warreni (type locality: 18109) Meryceros nenzelensis (18281) Meryceros warreni (18124) Merycodus warreni (18031 18121 18164 18206 18209 18442)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Colorado) Meryceros warreni (18203)
Clarendonian - Hemphillian12.5 - 4.9USA (Wyoming) Meryceros warreni (18424)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333USA (Colorado) Merycodus warreni (18846)