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Paracervulus australis

Osteichthyes - Cervidae

Taxonomy
Paracervulus australis was named by Serres (1832). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Saint-Martin-de-Pruney, which is in a Pliocene terrestrial horizon in France.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1832Paracervulus australis Serres

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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()
superfamilyCervoidea
familyCervidae
genusParacervulusTeilhard de Chardin and Trassaert 1937
speciesaustralisSerres 1832

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.

†Paracervulus australis Serres 1832
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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: grazerf
Diet 2: browserf
Reproduction: viviparousf
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-09-22 12:03:17
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the MN 14 to the top of the MN 15 or 5.09000 to 3.55000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58France Paracervulus australis (type locality: 176062)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.58France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) Paracervulus australis (36985)
MN 145.09 - 4.16Ukraine Paracervulus australis (50908)
MN 154.16 - 3.55Moldova Paracervulus australis (50919)