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Turcocerus

Osteichthyes - Bovidae

Taxonomy
Turcocerus was named by Kohler (1987).

It was assigned to Urmiatheriinae by Chen and Zhang (2004).

Species
T. grangeri
Species lacking formal opinion data
T. halamagaiensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Turcocerus Kohler
2004Turcocerus Chen and Zhang p. 215

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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
subfamilyUrmiatheriinaeSickenberg 1933
genusTurcocerusKohler 1987

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.

G. †Turcocerus Kohler 1987
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†Turcocerus grangeri Pilgrim 1934
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: browserg
Reproduction: viviparousf
Comments: browser based on premaxillary shape (Solounias and Moelleken 1993)g
Created: 2009-01-04 10:45:22
Modified: 2009-01-04 12:45:22
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Solounias and Moelleken 1993, Nowak 1999, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Middle Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Miocene or 15.98000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene15.98 - 5.333China (Nei Mongol) Bovidae indet. (28781)