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Palaeotragus

Mammalia - Giraffidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1861Palaeotragus Gaudry
1914Achtiaria Borissiak
1948Achtiaria Belyaeva p. 51
1978Palaeotragus Hamilton p. 185
1988Palaeotragus Carroll
2003Palaeotragus Mitchell and Skinner p. 58
2003Palaeotragus Theodorou et al.
2009Palaeotragus Kostopoulos
2010Palaeotragus Harris et al. p. 804
2014Palaeotragus Athanassiou p. 74
2016Palaeotragus Kostopoulos
2017Palaeotragus Böhme et al.

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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)
—Pecora()
superfamilyGiraffomorpha
familyGiraffidae
genusPalaeotragusGaudry 1861

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. †Palaeotragus Gaudry 1861
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†Palaeotragus coelophrys Rodler and Weithofer 1890
†Palaeotragus germaini Arambourg 1959
†Palaeotragus inexspectatus Samson and Radulesco 1966
†Palaeotragus lavocati Heintz 1976
†Palaeotragus microdon Bohlin 1926
†Palaeotragus robinsoni Crusafont-Pairó 1979
†Palaeotragus rouenii Gaudry 1861
Invalid names: Achtiaria Borissiak 1914 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. Athanassiou 2014(based on Geraads 1974 and Churcher 1978): Giraffids of small to medium size. Skull wide with long postorbital cranial part. Ossicones simple, paired, upright, subparallel to each other, pointed, slightly curved and widely separated, borne on frontals in supraorbital position. Frontals concave between the ossicones. Diastema long; dentition brachyodont, premolar section proportionally long. Metapodials elongate with concave palmar/plantar faces.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: browserg
Diet 2: grazerg
Reproduction: viviparousf
Comments: browser (coelophyrs) or mixed feeder (rouenii) based on premaxillary shape (Solounias and Moelleken 1993)g
Created: 2009-01-04 10:44:45
Modified: 2009-01-04 12:46:31
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Solounias and Moelleken 1993, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Neogene or 20.44000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (86 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Neogene23.03 - 2.58Ukraine Achtiaria sp. (184130)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97China (Shaanxi) P. sp. (41811)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Kenya (Nyanza) P. sp. (21339)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Kenya P. sp. (22071 22082)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Kenya P. sp. (22303)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Saudi Arabia P. sp. (41818)
Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene15.97 - 5.333China (Nei Mongol) P. tungurensis (28781)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Ukraine (Dnepropetrovsk) P. expectans, Achtiaria expectans (60263)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Ukraine (Cherson) P. sp. (60256)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Moldova (Chișinău) P. sp. (210536)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62China (shaanxi) P. sp. (42752)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246Tunisia P. sp. (118015 118016)
MN 613.65 - 12.75China (Gansu) P. tungurensis (71105)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Spain P. sp. (78058)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Ukraine (Crimea) Achtiaria expectans (60252)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Moldova Achtiaria moldavicus (152254) P. roueni (75802)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Georgia Achtiaria borissiakii (73901)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Ukraine (Odessa) P. roueni (75794)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Romania (Ilfov) P. sp. (199755)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Kenya P. germaini (219711)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Kenya P. sp., P. germaini (22241)
Tortonian - Zanclean11.62 - 3.6Ethiopia P. sp. (22139)
Vallesian11.608 - 8.7Iraq P. coelophrys (41735)
Vallesian11.608 - 8.7Spain (Catalonia) P. sp. (38977 176268)
Vallesian11.608 - 8.7China (shaanxi) P. microdon (42254)
Vallesian11.608 - 8.7Syria Achtiaria coleophrys (41746)
Vallesian11.608 - 8.7Greece P. rouenii, P. coelophrys (191070)
Vallesian11.608 - 8.7Greece (Sithonia) P. sp. (202729)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Greece (Aegean) P. rouenii (202120)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Turkey (Usak) P. rouenii (34462)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Turkey P. sp. (56563)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Greece (Euboea) P. sp. (195432 195434 195435)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333China (Gansu) Palaeotragus indet. (236747)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Turkey (Cankiri) P. rouenii, P. quadricornis (184368)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333China P. microdon (195287)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Moldova (Tighina Departement) P. sp., P. roueni (36143)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Algeria (Oran) P. germaini (136913)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333China (Shanxi) P. decipiens, P. microdon (179050)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Greece (Attica) P. rouenii (202630)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Algeria P. germaini (34642)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Greece (Attiki) P. rouenii (195562) P. sp. (195555)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Tunisia P. germaini (35274)
MN 911.1 - 9.7Ethiopia (Oromīya) P. sp. (92148)
MN 10 - MN 119.7 - 7.75China (Shaanxi) P. decipiens (78320 78324) P. microdon (78327)
MN 118.7 - 7.75Greece P. rouenii (73869)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Kazakhstan P. asiaticus (34436)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Bulgaria P. sp. (208569)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Turkey P. rouenii (151910)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece P. sp. (211913)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Kyrgyzstan P. asiaticus (34435)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Macedonia) P. rouenii (32375) P. sp., P. rouenii (73553)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Samos) P. sp., P. rouenii (202219)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Afghanistan P. sp. (75492)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Makedonia Thraki) P. rouenii (157582)
MN 127.75 - 7.246Ukraine (Odessa) P. rouenii (167995)
MN 12 - MN 137.75 - 4.9China (Shaanxi) P. microdon (78328 78330)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Greece P. rouenii (95690 95691 206460 206461)
MN 13 - MN 147.246 - 4.2China (Gansu) P. sp. (77790)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Kenya P. sp., P. germaini (22242)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6China (Hebei) P. sp. (36318)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6South Africa P. germaini (22221)
Ruscinian5.333 - 3.2China (Hebei) P. progressus (42478)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Kazakhstan P. sp. (34437)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588China (Henan) P. sp. (46194)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588China (Shanxi) P. sp., P. microdon (42559)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Russian Federation (West-Siberia) P. sp. (44866)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Spain (Andalucia) Mitilanotherium inexspectatum (35038)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Romania Mitilanotherium inexspectatum (39846)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Greece (Thessaly) P. inexspectatus (34614)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Greece (central Macedonia ) P. sp. (197943)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Greece P. inexpectatus (230277)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Romania Mitilanotherium inexspectatum (39866)