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Pliocervus

Mammalia - Cervidae

Taxonomy
Pliocervus was named by Hilzheimer (1922). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Cervoidea by Carroll (1988); to Pliocervinae by Grubb (2000); and to Capreolinae by Croitor (2014).

Species
P. matheronis
Species lacking formal opinion data
P. graecus, P. kutchurganicus

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1922Pliocervus Hilzheimer
1941Ctenocerus Kretzoi
1968Ctenocervus Kretzoi p. 164
1988Pliocervus Carroll
2000Pliocervus Grubb p. 302
2014Pliocervus Croitor p. 125

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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()
familyCervidae
subfamilyCapreolinaeBrookes 1828
genusPliocervusHilzheimer 1922

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. †Pliocervus Hilzheimer 1922
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†Pliocervus matheronis Gervais 1859
Invalid names: Ctenocerus Kretzoi 1941 [synonym], Ctenocervus Kretzoi 1968 [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: Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Messinian to the top of the MN 14 or 7.24600 to 4.20000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.03 - 5.333France (Vaucluse) P. matheroni (201497)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Italy (Cuneo) P. sp. (175903)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Greece (Attiki) P. pentelicus (195562)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Turkey (Cankiri) P. sp. (184368)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Iran P. sp. (41821)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Macedonia) P. pentelici (32374)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Central Macedonia) P. graecus (32189)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Euboea) P. pentelici (202213)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Bulgaria P. sp. (208566 208567 208568 208569)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Piedmont) P. sp. (172910 172914 172915 172916 199860)
MN 13 - MN 147.246 - 4.2Moldova P. sp. (50904)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Romania (Moldova) P. kutchurganicus (39622)
MN 144.9 - 4.2Ukraine P. kutchurganicus (50908)