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Tragoportax rugosifrons

Osteichthyes - Bovidae

Taxonomy
Tragocerus rugosifrons was named by Schlosser (1904). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Fossil collection from Samos Island in the BSPG, which is in a Miocene terrestrial horizon in Greece.

It was recombined as Tragoportax rugosifrons by Kostopoulos (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1904Tragocerus rugosifrons Schlosser
2009Tragoportax rugosifrons Kostopoulos

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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
speciesrugosifrons()

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 rugosifrons Schlosser 1904
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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: Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999

Age range: base of the Turolian to the top of the Tortonian or 8.72500 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Moldova Tragocerus rugosifrons (75802)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Greece (Aegean) Tragocerus rugosifrons (type locality: 207137)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Bulgaria (Blagoevgrard) Tragoportax rugosifrons (197446)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Greece (Thessaly) Tragoportax rugosifrons (194879)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Greece (Chalkidona) Tragoportax rugosifrons (182750 202222 202703)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09Greece (Samos) Tragoportax rugosifrons (43007 202216)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09Greece (Chalkidona) Tragoportax rugosifrons (195489)