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Praemegaceros

Mammalia - Cervidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1920Praerangifer Portis
1920Praemegaceros Portis p. 137
1957Tamanalces Vereshchagin
1967Allocaenelaphus Radulesco and Samson
1967Psecupsoceros Radulesco and Samson
1988Praemegaceros Carroll
2000Praemegaceros Grubb p. 302
2009Praemegaceros Vislobokova p. 398
2014Praemegaceros Croitor p. 135
2017Praemegaceros Zoboli and Pillola p. 250

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Ruminantiamorpha
—Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
—Pecora()
familyCervidae
genusPraemegacerosPortis 1920

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. †Praemegaceros Portis 1920
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Subg. †Praemegaceros (Nesoleipoceros) Radulesco and Samson 1967
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Invalid names: Cervus (Anoglokis) Robert 1830 [synonym]
Subg. †Praemegaceros (Orthogonoceros) Kahlke 1956
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Invalid names: Allocaenelaphus Radulesco and Samson 1967 [synonym], Praerangifer Portis 1920 [synonym], Psecupsoceros Radulesco and Samson 1967 [synonym], Tamanalces Vereshchagin 1957 [synonym]
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, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Calabrian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 1.80000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (48 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117Italy (Sardinia) P. sp., P. cazioti (94327)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Greece (Peloponnisos) P. verticornis (34766)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Greece (Mygdonia) P. pliotarandoides (200083 200084)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Greece P. sp. (230277)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Romania P. sp. (33974 34009)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Greece (central Macedonia ) P. sp. (197943)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781France (Auvergne) Cervus elatus (47828) P. solilhacus (47831) P. sp. (47829)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781France (Alpes Maritimes) P. sp. (50342)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.129Spain (Asturias) Orthogonoceros sp. (49211)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Greece (Crete) P. cretensis, P. ropalophorus (94325)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Georgia Orthogonoceros sp. (40398)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Tajikistan P. sp. (34104)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Greece (Peloponnisos) P. verticornis (34809)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Italy (Sicily) P. carburangelensis (92437)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117France P. verticornis (34459)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Israel P. verticornis (37024 37026)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Greece (Chalkidiki) P. sp. (183123)
Calabrian - Middle Pleistocene1.8 - 0.129Spain (Granada) P. solilhacus (35078)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France (Provence) Megaceros sp. (48912) P. verticornis (48891)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) P. verticornis (36015 50049)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Romania P. sp. (34010 34012) P. verticornis (41920)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Syria P. verticornis (34105)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Greece P. verticornis (194472 194473 194474 194475 194477)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Italy (Sardinia) P. sp. (51483 51503 51504 51505 51548 51549)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117France (Corsica) P. cazioti (94331)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Italy (Southern Sardinia) Pramegaceros cazioti (214506)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Crete) P. cretensis (183124)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Italy (Sardinia) P. cazioti (51552 51553 190854)