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Tragoportax amalthea

Osteichthyes - Bovidae

Taxonomy
Capra amalthea was named by Roth and Wagner (1854).

It was recombined as Miotragocerus amalthea by Gentry (1971); it was recombined as Tragoportax amalthea by Kostopoulos (2016), Geraads (2017), Böhme et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Capra amalthea Roth and Wagner
1971Miotragocerus amalthea Gentry
2016Tragoportax amalthea Kostopoulos
2017Tragoportax amalthea Böhme et al.
2017Tragoportax amalthea Geraads

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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()
—Ruminantiamorpha
—Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
—Pecora()
superfamilyBovoidea
familyBovidae
subfamilyBovinae(Gray 1821)
tribeBoselaphiniKnottnerus-Meyer 1997
genusTragoportaxPilgrim 1937
speciesamalthea(Roth and Wagner 1854)

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.

†Tragoportax amalthea Roth and Wagner 1854
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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, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: MN 11 or 8.72500 to 7.90000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Türkiye Tragoportax amalthea (230349)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Greece (Attiki) Tragoportax amalthea (195555)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Greece (Euboea) Tragoportax amalthea (195432 207135)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Bulgaria (Blagoevgrad) Tragoportax amalthea (197445)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Greece (Attica) Tragoportax amalthea (202630 202631)
MN 118.725 - 7.9Greece Tragoportax amalthea (73869)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09Greece (Macedonia) Tragoportax amalthea (73553)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09Spain (Valencia) Miotragocerus amalthea (40758)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09Greece (Euboea) Tragoportax amalthea (207133)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09Greece (Larissa) Tragoportax amalthea (207134)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09Greece (Samos) Tragoportax amalthea (43007)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09Greece (Central Macedonia) Tragoportax amalthea (32189)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09Greece (Makedonia Thraki) Tragoportax sp. (157582)