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Giraffokeryx primaevus
Taxonomy
Palaeotragus primaevus was named by Churcher (1970).
It was recombined as Giraffokeryx primaevus by Harris et al. (2010).
It was recombined as Giraffokeryx primaevus by Harris et al. (2010).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1970 | Palaeotragus primaevus Churcher |
| 1978 | Palaeotragus primaevus Hamilton p. 185 |
| 2003 | Palaeotragus primaevus Mitchell and Skinner p. 58 |
| 2010 | Giraffokeryx primaevus Harris et al. p. 803 |
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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.
†Giraffokeryx primaevus Churcher 1970
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Nowak 1999 | |||||
Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Serravallian or 20.45000 to 11.63000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Burdigalian | Kenya (Northern Frontier District) | Palaeotragus primaevus (122454) | |
| Serravallian | Kenya (Central Nyanza) | Palaeotragus primaevus (21340) |