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Afrotragulus parvus

Mammalia - Tragulidae

Taxonomy
Dorcatherium parvum was named by Whitworth (1958). Its type specimen is BMNH M29514, a mandible (left mandible with m1-m3), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Afrotragulus parvus by Sánchez et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Dorcatherium parvum Whitworth
1991Dorcatherium parvum Anyonge p. 387
2001Dorcatherium parvum Vislobokova p. S137
2010Dorcatherium parvum Geraads p. 730
2010Afrotragulus parvus Sánchez et al. p. 181

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
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)
infraorderTragulina
superfamilyTraguloidea
familyTragulidaeMilnes-Edwards 1864
genusAfrotragulus
speciesparvus(Whitworth 1958)

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.

†Afrotragulus parvus Whitworth 1958
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: frugivoref
Diet 2: grazerf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-23 13:14:24
Source: f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Nowak 1999

Age range: base of the MN 4 to the top of the Serravallian or 16.90000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Kenya (Northern Frontier District) Dorcatherium parvum (122454)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Pakistan (Balochistan) Dorcatherium parvum (77783)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Kenya Dorcatherium parvum (38060 83629)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Uganda Dorcatherium parvum (192070)
MN 416.9 - 15.98Pakistan (Balochistan) Dorcatherium parvum (69540)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Kenya (Central Nyanza) Dorcatherium parvum (21340)