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Dicrocerus

Osteichthyes - Lagomerycidae

Taxonomy
Dicrocerus was named by Lartet (1837).

It was assigned to Cervidae by Carroll (1988), Pickford et al. (2000); and to Dicrocerini by Grubb (2000).

Species
D. elegans
Species lacking formal opinion data
D. elegans, D. grangeri

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Dicrocerus Lartet p. 418
1988Dicrocerus Carroll
2000Dicrocerus Grubb p. 302
2000Dicrocerus Pickford et al. p. 263

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Ruminantiamorpha
—Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
—Pecora()
superfamilyCervoidea
familyLagomerycidaePilgrim 1941
tribeDicroceriniSimpson 1945
genusDicrocerusLartet 1837

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. †Dicrocerus Lartet 1837
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†Dicrocerus elegans Lartet 1837
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: grazero
Diet 2: browsero
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 14:03:05
Modified: 2005-09-19 12:23:23
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the MN 3 to the top of the MN 7 + 8 or 20.00000 to 11.10000 Ma

Collections (28 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Portugal (Lisbon) D. elegans (36631 36632)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98China (Jiangsu) D. elegans (41812) D. sp. (41813 43400)
Burdigalian - Tortonian20.45 - 7.246France D. elegans (187580)
MN 3 - MN 520.0 - 13.82France D. elegans (94801)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Germany (Bayern) D. elegans (44977 45605)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82France D. elegans (90354)
MN 515.98 - 13.82France (Midi-Pyrenees region) D. elegans (32073)
MN 515.98 - 13.82France (Midi-Pyrenees Region) D. elegans (32071 32072)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Germany D. elegans (46955)
MN 5 - MN 615.98 - 12.75Portugal D. elegans (65912)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63France (Midi-Pyrenees) D. elegans (32191)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63France (Gers) D. elegans (143472)
Langhian - Tortonian15.98 - 7.246France (Midi-Pyrenees Region) D. elegans (31776)
Langhian - Tortonian15.98 - 7.246France (Maine-et-Loire) D. elegans (142149)
Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene15.98 - 5.333China (Nei Mongol) D. grangeri, Cervidae indet. (28781)
MN 613.82 - 12.75Slovakia (Bratislava) D. elegans (69711)
MN 613.82 - 12.75Russian Federation (Stavropol) D. sp. (56738)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Ukraine (Dnepropetrovsk) D. sp. (60263)
MN 6 - MN 7 + 813.82 - 11.1Slovakia D. elegans (69712)
Vallesian11.63 - 8.725China (Nei Mongol) D. sp. (42251)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246China (Yunnan) D. sp. (11798)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Serbia (Serbia) D. elegans (39709)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333China (Hebei) D. sp. (38674)