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Pseudoeotragus seegrabensis

Osteichthyes - Bovidae

Taxonomy
Pseudoeotragus seegrabensis was named by van der Made (1989). Its type specimen is Joanneum 3678, a skull, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Seegraben near Leoben, which is in a MN 5 terrestrial horizon in Austria. It is the type species of Pseudoeotragus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Pseudoeotragus seegrabensis van der Made p. 218

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Ruminantiamorpha
—Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
—Pecora()
superfamilyBovoidea
familyBovidae
genusPseudoeotragus
speciesseegrabensis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Pseudoeotragus seegrabensis van der Made 1989
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. van der Made 1989Small bovid with molars that have height/length ratio usually below 0.9. The premolars are long considering their width. The horn pits are nearly straight, have an oval section, are inclined stronly backwards and slightly externally and are at the edge of the orbit. The tips of the horn cores are curved slightly forward. The axis of the frontal zone makes a small angle with the axis of the parietal zone. The skull has wide and short parietals, that curve down distally.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: grazerf
Diet 2: browserf
Reproduction: viviparousf
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-09-22 12:01:17
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991

Age range: MN 5 or 15.98000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MN 515.98 - 13.82Austria (Styria) Pseudoeotragus seegrabensis (type locality: 75119)
Astaracian15.98 - 11.63Serbia (Toplica) Pseudoeotragus seegrabensis (236048)