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Amphitragulus

Osteichthyes - Palaeomerycidae

Taxonomy
Amphitragulus was named by Pomel (1847) [also said to be 1846]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Moschidae by Carroll (1988), Gentry (1994); and to Palaeomerycidae by Prothero and Liter (2007).

Species
A. elegans, A. minoensis, A. quercyi, A. validus
Species lacking formal opinion data
A. aurelianensis, A. boulangeri, A. feningrei, A. gracilis
Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by J. Alroy on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Amphitragulus Pomel
1988Amphitragulus Carroll
1994Amphitragulus Gentry p. 147
2007Amphitragulus Prothero and Liter p. 244

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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()
superfamilyGiraffomorpha
familyPalaeomerycidaeLydekker 1883
genusAmphitragulusPomel 1847

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. †Amphitragulus Pomel 1847
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†Amphitragulus elegans Pomel 1846
†Amphitragulus minoensis Matsumoto 1918
†Amphitragulus quercyi Filhol 1887
†Amphitragulus validus Dehm 1935
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2009-01-07 22:30:00
Modified: 2009-01-08 00:30:00
Source: f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Prothero and Liter 2007, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Eocene to the top of the MN 5 or 56.00000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Spain (Aragon) A. sp. (39017)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Germany A. sp. (36984)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Pakistan (Balochistan) A. sp. (78520)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Switzerland (Canton Solothurn) A. feningrei, A. quercyi (182805)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Mongolia (Övörkhangai) A. sp. (182076)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Kazakhstan (Aktyubinsk) A. sp. (175920 175921)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Kazakhstan A. sp. (64413)
MP 2827.3 - 23.04France (Quercy) A. quercyi (36715)
MP 2827.3 - 23.04Germany A. quercyi (59886)
MP 2827.3 - 23.04Switzerland A. quercyi (184043)
MP 2927.3 - 23.04France (Aquitaine) A. quercyi (37208)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Germany (Bayern) A. boulangeri (276002) A. gracilis, A. elegans (275971)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Italy (Sardegna) A. boulangeri (37214)
MN 320.0 - 16.9Switzerland (Sankt Gallen) A. sp. (46283)
Orleanian20.0 - 15.98France A. aurelianensis (142146)
MN 3 - MN 520.0 - 13.82France A. boulangeri (94801 191822)
MN 416.9 - 15.98France (Midi-Pyrénées) A. aurelianensis (71873)
MN 416.9 - 15.98France (Centre) A. aurelianensis (69116)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82France (Region Centre) A. aurelianensis (35441)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Spain (Madrid) A. sp. (197673)
Langhian - Tortonian15.98 - 7.246France (Maine-et-Loire) A. aurelianensis (142149)