Source Data | |
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Rank | species |
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Merycoidodontidae : Merycochoerus : Merycochoerus chelydra |
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Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Merycoidodontidae : Promerycochoerus : Merycochoerus chelydra |
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Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification (PBDB,GBIF) | |
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Generic Name | Merycochoerus |
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Scientific Name | Merycochoerus chelydra (Cope, 1884) |
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Opinions (PBDB) | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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Promerycochoerus chelydra | species | belongs to Merycochoerus | stated with evidence | Cope, 1884 | Promerycochoerus chelydra | species | belongs to Promerycochoerus | stated without evidence | Douglass, 1901 | Promerycochoerus chelydra | species | belongs to Merycochoerus | stated without evidence | Hay, 1902 | Promerycochoerus chelydra | species | belongs to Promerycochoerus | stated without evidence | Thorpe, 1921 | Promerycochoerus chelydra | subspecies | belongs to Promerycochoerus superbus | stated with evidence | Schultz and Falkenbach, 1949 | Promerycochoerus chelydra | species | belongs to Merycochoerus | stated without evidence | Lander, 1998 | Promerycochoerus chelydra | species | belongs to Promerycochoerus | stated with evidence | Stevens and Stevens, 2007 |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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First Recorded Appearance | 24.8 - 20.4 Ma Cenozoic |
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Last Recorded Appearance | 24.8 - 20.4 Ma Cenozoic |
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Environment | terrestrial (based on Artiodactyla) |
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Motility | actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes) |
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Diet | herbivore (based on Merycoidodontidae) |
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Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) |
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Primary Reference (PBDB) | E. D. Cope. 1884. Synopsis of the species of Oreodontidae. Paleontological Bulletin 38:503-572 |
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Cope E. D. Synopsis of the species of Oreodontidae, Paleontological Bulletin 38, 503-572 |
Hay O. P. (1902) , Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179, 1-868 |
Thorpe M. R. (1921) John Day Promerycochoeri, with descriptions of five new species and one new subgenus, American Journal of Science 1 3, 215-244 doi:10.2475/ajs.s5-1.3.215 |
Thorpe M. R. (1937) The Merycoidodontidae, an extinct group of ruminant mammals, Peabody Museum of Natural History Memoir 3 4, 1-428 |
Schultz C. B., Falkenbach C. H. (1949) Promerycochoerinae, a new subfamily of oreodonts, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 93 3, 69-198 |
Lander B. (1998) Oreodontoidea, Evolution of Tertiary mammals of North America, 402-425 |
Stevens M. S., Stevens J. B. (2007) Family Merycoidodontidae, The Evolution of Artiodactyls, 157-168 |