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Menelikia lyrocera

Mammalia - Bovidae

Taxonomy
Menelikia lyrocera was named by Arambourg (1941).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1941Menelikia lyrocera Arambourg
2010Menelikia lyrocera Gentry p. 776

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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
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Ruminantiamorpha
—Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
—Pecora()
superfamilyBovoidea
familyBovidae
subfamilyAntilopinaeGray 1821
tribeRedunciniKnottnerus-Meyer 1907
genusMenelikiaArambourg 1941
specieslyroceraArambourg 1941

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.

†Menelikia lyrocera Arambourg 1941
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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 12:01:17
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Piacenzian to the top of the Calabrian or 3.60000 to 0.77400 Ma

Collections (60 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene - Calabrian5.333 - 0.774Ethiopia Menelikia lyrocera (21749 21990 21991 21992)
Zanclean - Calabrian5.333 - 0.774Kenya Menelikia lyrocera (21473)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Ethiopia Menelikia lyrocera (21748)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Congo-Kinshasa Menelikia lyrocera (22084 22090 22091 22106 22107 22346)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Kenya Menelikia lyrocera (21425 21431)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Ethiopia Menelikia lyrocera (21548 21550 21553 21565 21567 21609 21621 21654 21655 21743 21964 21986 22012 22014 22039)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Kenya (Rift Valley) Menelikia lyrocera (21286 21301 21305 21342)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Kenya Menelikia lyrocera (21376 21398 21457 21461 21471 21474 21478 21503 21504)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Kenya Menelikia lyrocera (21367 21370 21378 21402 21448 21454 21462 21463 21472 21476 21495 21496 21498 21515)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Kenya Menelikia lyrocera (21403 21514)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Kenya (Rift Valley) Menelikia lyrocera (21294 21343)