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Oryx eleulmensis

Osteichthyes - Bovidae

Taxonomy
Oryx eleulmensis was named by Arambourg (1979). Its type specimen is No. 1931-8:96, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Aïn Hanech, which is in a Pleistocene terrestrial horizon in Algeria.

Entered
by M. Uhen on 2018-08-10; modified by E. Vlachos on 2022-01-14

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Oryx eleulmensis Arambourg
2010Oryx eleulmensis Gentry p. 781

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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
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
suborderRuminantiaScopoli 1777
—Pecora()
superfamilyBovoidea
familyBovidae
subfamilyAntilopinae(Gray 1821)
tribeHippotraginiSundevall 1845
genusOryxde Blainville 1816
specieseleulmensis

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.

†Oryx eleulmensis Arambourg 1979
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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, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Nowak 1999

Age range: Early/Lower Pleistocene or 2.58000 to 0.77400 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Algeria (Northern Algeria) Oryx eleulmensis (type locality: 197944)