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Rank | species |
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Dromomerycidae : Drepanomeryx : Drepanomeryx falciformis |
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Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Palaeomerycidae : Drepanomeryx : Drepanomeryx falciformis |
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Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification (PBDB,GBIF) | |
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Generic Name | Drepanomeryx |
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Scientific Name | Drepanomeryx falciformis (Sinclair, 1915) |
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Opinions (PBDB) | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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Drepanomeryx falciformis | species | belongs to Drepanomeryx | stated without evidence | Sinclair, 1915 | Drepanomeryx falciformis | species | belongs to Drepanomeryx (Drepanomeryx) | stated with evidence | Frick, 1937 | Drepanomeryx falciformis | species | belongs to Drepanomeryx | stated with evidence | Prothero and Liter, 2007 |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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First Recorded Appearance | 20.4 - 16.0 Ma Miocene |
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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 (based on Dromomerycinae) |
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Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) |
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Primary Reference (PBDB) | W. J. Sinclair. 1915. Additions to the Fauna of the Lower Pliocene Snake Creek Beds (Results of the Princeton University 1914 Expedition to Nebraska). Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 54(217):73-95 |
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Sinclair W. J. (1915) Additions to the Fauna of the Lower Pliocene Snake Creek Beds (Results of the Princeton University 1914 Expedition to Nebraska), Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 54 217, 73-95 |
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 |