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Euceratherium collinum

Taxonomy

Euceratherium collinum was named by Furlong and Sinclair (1904) [genotype].

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Synonyms

Euceratherium collinum morrisi was named by Schultz and Howard (1935).

It was considered an invalid subgroup of Euceratherium collinum by Simpson (1963).
Preptoceras sinclairi neomexicana was named by Schultz and Howard (1935).

It was considered an invalid subgroup of Euceratherium collinum by Simpson (1963).
Aftonius calvini was named by Hay (1913) [also, but incorrectly said to be 1914].

It was synonymized subjectively with Euceratherium collinum by Stovall (1937) and Kurten and Anderson (1980).
Euceratherium bizzelli was named by Stovall (1937). Its type specimen is Univ. Oklahoma Museum of Geology and Paleontology 701, a partial skull (crown of a skull with horns), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Hydro, which is in a Pleistocene terrestrial gravel in Oklahoma.

It was synonymized subjectively with Euceratherium collinum by Simpson (1963) and Kurten and Anderson (1980).
Preptoceras sinclairi was named by Furlong (1905).

It was recombined as Euceratherium sinclairi by Frick (1937); it was synonymized subjectively with Euceratherium collinum by Gazin (1933), Simpson (1963) and Kurten and Anderson (1980).
Taurotragus americanus was named by Gidley (1913). Its type specimen is USNM 7622, a maxilla (upper right cheek teeth except P2/), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cumberland Cave, which is in an Irvingtonian cave horizon in Maryland.

It was recombined as Euceratherium americanum by Gazin (1933) and Frick (1937); it was synonymized subjectively with Euceratherium collinum by Kurten and Anderson (1980).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1904	Euceratherium collinum Furlong and Sinclair
1905	Preptoceras sinclairi Furlong
1913	Taurotragus americanus Gidley
1913	Aftonius calvini Hay pp. 6-7
1933	Euceratherium americanum Gazin p. 164
1935	Euceratherium collinum morrisi Schultz and Howard
1935	Preptoceras sinclairi neomexicana Schultz and Howard
1935	Euceratherium collinum Schultz and Howard p. 290
1935	Euceratherium collinum morrisi Schultz and Howard p. 290
1935	Preptoceras sinclairi Schultz and Howard p. 291
1935	Preptoceras sinclairi neomexicana Schultz and Howard p. 291
1937	Euceratherium americanum Frick
1937	Euceratherium sinclairi Frick
1937	Euceratherium bizzelli Stovall p. 451
1937	Euceratherium collinum Stovall p. 452
1963	Euceratherium collinum Simpson p. 584

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