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Taxonomy
Protovis himalayensis was named by Wang et al. (2016). Its type specimen is IVPP V18928, a partial skull (nearly complete male left and right horncores), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Guanjingtai, which is in a Miocene/Pliocene terrestrial horizon in China. It is the type species of Protovis.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2016 | Protovis himalayensis Wang et al. pp. e1169190-2 figs. Figs. 2-4 |
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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.
†Protovis himalayensis Wang et al. 2016
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| X. Wang et al. 2016 | Protovis differs from basal caprins with primitive horncore morphology, such as Rupicapra, Oreamnos, Nemorhae- dus, and Pantholops, in its much elongated and thickened horn- cores that are arching dorsally and laterally, have a slight homonymous torsion at the tips, and modest development of the sinus at the basal part of the horncores no more than 10 cm from the base of the horncore. Protovis is distinct from Ovis by its less thickened horncores, greater divergence of the horncores instead of a more posteriorly arched and spiraled condition in Ovis, nearly equal length and width at horncore base, and a less exten- sive development of the sinus within the horncores. Protovis is distinguishable from Pseudois in its long axis of the horn core rotated less strongly against the sagittal plane but more arched upward and posteriorly, less tapering off toward the tips, and smoother surface. Protovis differs from Tossunnoria in its much longer horncores that are not mediolaterally compressed. |
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: Pliocene or 5.33300 to 2.58800 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene | China (Tibet) | Protovis himalayensis (type locality: 182380) | |
| Pliocene | China (Tibet) | Protovis himalayensis (115610) |