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Hemibos

Osteichthyes - Bovidae

Taxonomy
Hemibos was named by Falconer (1865) [in Ruetimeyer 1865].

It was assigned to Bovidae by Lydekker (1878), Carroll (1988).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Hemibos Falconer p. 330
1868Bos (Amphibos) Falconer and Cautley p. 547
1878Amphibos Lydekker
1878Hemibos Lydekker
1878Peribos Lydekker
1988Hemibos Carroll

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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()
superfamilyBovoidea
familyBovidae
genusHemibosFalconer 1865

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. †Hemibos Falconer 1865
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†Hemibos acuticornis Falconer and Cautley 1868
†Hemibos antilopinus Falconer 1870
†Hemibos gracilis Qiu et al. 2004
†Hemibos occipitalis Falconer 1847
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Invalid names: Hemibos triquetriceros Rutimeyer 1866 [synonym]
Invalid names: Amphibos Falconer and Cautley 1868 [synonym], Peribos Lydekker 1878 [synonym], Probubalus Rütimeyer [objective 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 12:01:17
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.77400 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.58 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58India H. sp. (39209)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58India (Jammu) H. acuticornis (51102)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Pakistan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) H. triquetriceros (188674)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774India (Himchal Pradesh) H. sp. (236039)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774China (Gansu) H. gracilis (190068)