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Procervulus

Osteichthyes - Cervidae

Taxonomy
Procervulus was named by Gaudry (1877). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Palaeomerycidae by Hamilton (1978), Carroll (1988); and to Cervidae by Gentry (1994), Sach and Heizmann (2001).

Species
P. dichotomus, P. ginsburgi, P. praelucidus
Species lacking formal opinion data
P. aurelianensis, P. dichostomus, P. dichotomus, P. dichotomus
Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by L. van den Hoek Ostende on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Procervulus Gaudry p. 87 fig. b
1978Procervulus Hamilton p. 498
1988Procervulus Carroll
1994Procervulus Gentry p. 147
2001Procervulus Sach and Heizmann p. 35

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
suborderRuminantiaScopoli 1777
—Pecora()
superfamilyCervoidea
familyCervidae
genusProcervulusGaudry 1877

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. †Procervulus Gaudry 1877
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†Procervulus dichotomus Gervais 1849
†Procervulus ginsburgi Azanza 1993
†Procervulus praelucidus Obergfell 1957
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 12:03:17
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999

Age range: base of the MN 4 to the top of the MN 5 or 16.90000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (36 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.04 - 11.63Spain (Castile-La Mancha) P. aurelianensis (136269)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Spain (Valencia) P. dichotomus (40031)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Portugal (Lisbon) P. dichotomus (36628 36631)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Switzerland P. dichotomus (69539)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98France P. dichotomus (224418)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Germany (Baden-Württemberg) P. dichotomus (49102 69098 70359)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) P. dichotomus (106003)
Burdigalian - Tortonian20.45 - 7.246France P. dichotomus (187579)
Orleanian20.0 - 15.98Czechia (Moravia) P. sp. (190142 200140)
Orleanian20.0 - 15.98France P. dichotomus, P. praelucidus (142146)
MN 3 - MN 520.0 - 13.82France P. dichotomus (94801) P. dichotomus, P. praelucidus (191822 191827) P. praelucidus (191829)
MN 416.9 - 15.98France (Gers) P. dichostomus (69099)
MN 416.9 - 15.98France (Midi-Pyrénées) P. dichotomus (71873)
MN 416.9 - 15.98France (Alsac) P. dichotomus (69106)
MN 416.9 - 15.98France (Centre) P. dichotomus (69116)
MN 4 - MN 516.9 - 13.82Germany P. dichotomus (70364)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82France (Aquitaine Region) P. dichotomus (31316 31326)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82France P. dichotomus (90354)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Spain (Catalonia) P. dichotomus (180192)
MN 515.98 - 13.82France (Midi-Pyrenees Region) P. dichotomus (32071 32072)
MN 515.98 - 13.82France (Midi-Pyrenees region) P. dichotomus (32073)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) P. dichotomus (175727)
MN 5 - MN 615.98 - 12.75Portugal P. dichotomus (65912)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Spain (Madrid) P. dichotomus (197672 197673 197674)
Langhian - Tortonian15.98 - 7.246France (Maine-et-Loire) P. dichotomus, P. praelucidus (142149)