TAXONOMIC STANDARDS:
Genus and species
names for large mammals, and
biochronologic occurrences from earlier papers, were updated to conform
to:
Janis, C.
M., K. M. Scott, and L. L. Jacobs (eds.) 1998. Evolution of Tertiary
Mammals of North America. Cambridge University Press, New York.
If a later publication
up to June 2005 superceded the taxonomy or biochronology used in the
Janis et al. volume, the more recent taxonomy or biochronology was
used. Because of the continuing uncertainty in naming oreodonts, in
most cases oreodont taxonomy remained that proposed by Lander (1998
in the Janis et al. volume).
Genus and species
names of rodent taxa were initially updated to conform to:
Korth, W.
W. 1994a. The Tertiary Record of Rodents in North America. Plenum
Press, New York.
If a later publication
up to June 2005 superceded the taxonomy used in the Korth book, the
more recent taxonomy was used.
The initial
taxonomic standard above the species level was:
McKenna, M.
C. and S. K. Bell. 1997. Classification of Mammals Above the Species
Level. Columbia University Press, New York.
When more recent
literature (through June 2005) provided updates, the more recent designation
was used.
