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Rank | species |
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Palaeomerycidae : Pediomeryx : Pediomeryx hemphillensis |
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Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Palaeomerycidae : Pediomeryx : Pediomeryx hemphillensis |
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Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification (PBDB,GBIF) | |
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Generic Name | Pediomeryx |
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Scientific Name | Pediomeryx hemphillensis Stirton, 1936 |
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Opinions (PBDB) | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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Pediomeryx hemphillensis | species | belongs to Pediomeryx | stated with evidence | Stirton, 1936 | Pediomeryx hemphillensis | species | belongs to Pediomeryx | stated without evidence | Prothero and Liter, 2008 |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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First Recorded Appearance | 10.3 - 4.9 Ma Neogene |
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Last Recorded Appearance | 10.3 - 4.9 Ma Neogene |
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Environment | terrestrial (based on Artiodactyla) |
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Motility | actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes) |
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Diet | browser, grazer (based on Pediomeryx) |
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Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) |
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Primary Reference (PBDB) | R. A. Stirton. 1936. A New Ruminant from the Hemphill Middle Pliocene of Texas. Journal of Paleontology 10(7):644-647 |
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Stirton R. A. (1936) A New Ruminant from the Hemphill Middle Pliocene of Texas, Journal of Paleontology 10 7, 644-647 |
Frick C. (1937) Horned ruminants of North America, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 69, 1-669 |
Prothero D. R., Liter M. R. (2007) Family Palaeomerycidae, The Evolution of Artiodactyls, 241-248 |
Prothero D. R., Liter M. R. (2008) Systematics of the dromomerycines and aletomerycines (Artiodactyla: Palaeomerycidae) from the Miocene and Pliocene of North America, Neogene Mammals 44, 273-298 |