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Dorcatherium

Mammalia - Tragulidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Dorcatherium Kaup p. 91
1876Dorcatherium Lydekker
1988Dorcatherium Carroll
1991Dorcatherium Anyonge p. 386
1992Dorcatherium Codrea
2000Dorcatherium Pickford et al. p. 261
2001Dorcatherium Covert et al. p. 634
2001Dorcatherium Sach and Heizmann p. 35
2001Dorcatherium Vislobokova p. S133
2003Dorcatherium Theodorou et al.
2005Dorcatherium Geraads et al. p. 536
2010Dorcatherium Geraads p. 729
2020Dorcatherium Koufos

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Ruminantiamorpha
—Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
infraorderTragulina
superfamilyTraguloidea
familyTragulidaeMilnes-Edwards 1864
genusDorcatherium

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.

G. †Dorcatherium Kaup 1839
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†Dorcatherium bulgaricus Bakalov and Nikilov 1962
†Dorcatherium chappuisi Arambourg 1933
†Dorcatherium crassum Lartet 1851
†Dorcatherium guntianum von Meyer 1846
†Dorcatherium iririensis Pickford 2002
†Dorcatherium jourdani Deperet 1887
†Dorcatherium libiensis Hamilton 1973
†Dorcatherium majus Lydekker 1876
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Invalid names: Merycopotamus nanus Falconer 1868 [objective synonym]
†Dorcatherium minus Lydekker 1876
†Dorcatherium naui Kaup 1833
†Dorcatherium orientale Qui and Gu 1991
†Dorcatherium peneckei Hoffmann 1892
†Dorcatherium pigotti Whitworth 1958
†Dorcatherium puyhauberti Arambourg and Piveteau 1929
†Dorcatherium rodgeri Hofman 1909
†Dorcatherium vindobonense von Meyer 1846
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: frugivoref
Diet 2: grazerf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-23 13:14:24
Source: f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the MN 4 to the top of the Messinian or 16.90000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (118 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Germany D. vindobonense (70362)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Pakistan (Baluchistan) D. sp. (180592)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Kenya D. pigotti, D. chappuisi (70808)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Pakistan D. majus (232178)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) D. naui (232177)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Kenya (Northern Frontier District) D. pigotti, D. chappuisi (122454)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Saudi Arabia D. libiensis (47021 47024 47026 47074)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98China (Jiangsu) D. sp. 1, D. sp. 2 (41813 43400)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Germany (Baden-Württemberg) D. guntianum, D. naui, D. vindobonense (49102) D. naui, D. crassum (69098)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Uganda D. pigotti (192070)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Kenya D. pigotti, D. chappuisi (38060) D. sp. (57007) D. sp., D. pigotti (83629)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) D. naui (106003)
Burdigalian - Serravallian20.45 - 11.63Pakistan (Baluchistan) D. sp. (180612 180617)
Burdigalian - Tortonian20.45 - 7.246France D. guntianum, D. crassum (187580)
Orleanian20.0 - 15.98France D. guntianum (142146)
MN 3 - MN 520.0 - 13.82France D. crassum (191822) D. guntianum, D. crassum (191827) D. guntianum, D. peneckei, D. crassum (94801)
MN 416.9 - 15.98France (Alsac) D. naui (69106)
MN 416.9 - 15.98France (Midi-Pyrénées) D. guntianum, D. crassum (71873)
MN 416.9 - 15.98France (Gers) D. naui (69099)
MN 4 - MN 516.9 - 13.82Germany D. guntianum (70364)
MN 4 - MN 516.9 - 13.82Greece (Macedonia) D. sp., D. guntianum, D. peneckei (73861)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Germany (Bayern) D. guntianum, D. vindobonense (44977)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Kenya D. chappuisi (22078 22081) D. pigotti (22070) D. pigotti, D. chappuisi (22069 22071 22077)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82France (Maine-et-Loire) D. peneckei, D. crassum (148396)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Spain (Catalonia) D. crassum (180192)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82France (Aquitaine Region) D. naui (31316 31326)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82France D. guntianum, D. crassum (90354) D. guntianum, D. peneckei, D. crassum (148401)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Kenya (Nyanza) D. pigotti, D. chappuisi (21338 21339)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Pakistan (Sind) D. sp. (71444 71446)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) D. guntianum (175727)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Switzerland (Zürich) D. sp. (46225)
MN 515.98 - 13.82France (Midi-Pyrenees Region) D. guntianum, D. crassum (32071 32072)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Switzerland (Schaffhausen) D. sp. (46267)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Portugal (Região Centro) D. naui (136334)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Germany D. guntianum, D. naui (46955)
MN 5 - MN 615.98 - 12.75Bosnia and Herzegovina D. vindebonense (198251)
Astaracian15.98 - 11.63Greece (Crete) D. naui (208183)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63Kenya D. sp. (22273)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63France (Midi-Pyrenees) D. crassum (32191)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63Poland (Silesia) D. crassum (42595 42596)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Pakistan (Chakwal) D. majus, Merycopotamus nanus (225195)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Namibia D. pigotti (21855)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Pakistan (Punjab) D. sp., D. minus, D. majus (13472)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63France (Gers) D. guntianum, D. crassum (143472)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Spain D. sp. (197677)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63India (Jammu and Kashmir) D. sp. 1, D. sp. 2, D. minus (11797)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Greece (North Aegean) D. crassum (182752)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Nepal D. sp. (48702)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Greece (Aegean) D. sp. (202728)
Langhian - Tortonian15.98 - 7.246France (Midi-Pyrenees Region) D. crassum (31775 31776)
Langhian - Tortonian15.98 - 7.246France (Maine-et-Loire) D. peneckei, D. crassum (142149)
Middle Miocene - Tortonian15.98 - 7.246Pakistan (Minanwali) D. sp., D. minus (13489)
Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene15.98 - 5.333Spain (Catalonia) D. naui (199537)
MN 613.82 - 12.75Hungary D. sp. (68118)
MN 613.82 - 12.75Slovakia (Bratislava) D. vindobonense (69711)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Kenya (Central Nyanza) D. chappuisi (21340)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Kenya D. sp. (22287)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Pakistan (Sind) D. minus (71440) D. sp. (71451)
MN 6 - MN 7 + 813.82 - 11.1Slovakia D. naui, D. vindobonense (69712)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246France (Maine-et-Loire) D. sp., D. naui (54136)
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Türkiye D. jourdani, D. puyhauberti (56563)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Switzerland (Thurgau) D. naui (46277)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Switzerland (Baselland) D. sp. (49421)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Spain (Cataluña) D. sp. (92640)
MN 7 + 8 - MN 912.75 - 9.67Thailand D. sp. (71580)
Vallesian11.63 - 8.725Spain (Segovia) D. naui (40768)
Vallesian11.63 - 8.725Greece (Crete) D. sp. (205364)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246China (Yunnan) D. sp., D. minus (11798)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Kenya D. pigotti (219711)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Germany (Bavaria) D. naui (206345) D. sp. (34256)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Austria (Niederösterreich) D. naui (45042 45043)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Serbia (Serbia) D. vindobonense (39709)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Greece (Chalkidona) D. puyhauberti (182750)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333India (Gujarat) D. minus (87489)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Nepal (Dang Valley) D. sp. (201840)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Pakistan (Punjab) D. sp., D. minus, D. majus (13473 13474)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Greece (Attica) D. sp. (182754)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Greece (Euboea) D. sp. (195431)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Vietnam (Son La) D. minus (92771)
Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene11.63 - 2.58Pakistan D. minus, D. majus (232181)
MN 911.1 - 9.67Hungary (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén) D. naui (75481)
MN 109.67 - 8.725Türkiye (Thrace) D. jourdani (67661)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09Greece (Macedonia) D. sp. (32376) D. sp., D. puyhauberti (32375)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09China (Yunnan) D. sp. (44220 44221 44223 44224)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09Bulgaria D. sp. (208566 208567 208568)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Romania D. crassum (35125)