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Ramoceros ramosus

Mammalia - Antilocapridae

Taxonomy
Cosoryx ramosus was named by Cope (1874). Its type specimen is USNM 1144, a partial skull (Three-pronged "antler."), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Dicrocerus ramosus by Cope (1875), Cope (1875); it was synonymized subjectively with Dicrocerus furcatus by Cope (1877); it was recombined as Merycodus ramosus by Hay (1902), Matthew (1904); it was synonymized subjectively with Merycodus furcatus by Gregory (1942); it was recombined as Ramoceros ramosus by Frick (1937), Janis and Manning (1998), May (2019).

Subspecies
R. quadratus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1874Cosoryx ramosus Cope p. 148
1875Dicrocerus ramosus Cope p. 257
1902Merycodus ramosus Hay p. 683
1904Merycodus ramosus Matthew p. 122
1937Ramoceros ramosus Frick p. 323 figs. Figs. 29, 30, and [in part] 28, 28A
1998Ramoceros ramosus Janis and Manning
2019Ramoceros ramosus May

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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
subfamilyMerycodontinae()
genusRamoceros
speciesramosus()

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.

†Ramoceros ramosus Cope 1874
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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, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Barstovian to the top of the Clarendonian or 16.30000 to 9.40000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (New Mexico) Ramoceros ramosus (19287 19535)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Texas) Antilocapridae indet. (18610) Ramoceros ramosus (18623 18645)