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Pelorovis

Mammalia - Bovidae

Taxonomy
Pelorovis was named by Reck (1928).

It was assigned to Bovidae by Carroll (1988); and to Bovini by Geraads et al. (2004) and Gentry (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Pelorovis Reck
1988Pelorovis Carroll
2004Pelorovis Geraads et al. p. 185
2010Pelorovis Gentry p. 753

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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
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Ruminantiamorpha
—Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
—Pecora()
superfamilyBovoidea
familyBovidae
subfamilyBovinae(Gray 1821)
tribeBoviniGray 1821
genusPelorovisReck 1928

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. †Pelorovis Reck 1928
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†Pelorovis antiquus Duvernoy 1851
†Pelorovis howelli Hadjouis and Sahnouni 2006
†Pelorovis kaisensis Geraads and Thomasson 1994
†Pelorovis turkanensis Harris 1991
†Pelorovis turkanensis brachyceras Geraads et al. 2004
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (100 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6South Africa P. antiquus (100313)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Ethiopia (Afar) P. sp. (70907)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588South Africa (Langebaanweg) P. sp. (21713)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Morocco P. preafricanus (32052)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Ethiopia P. sp. (21639 21785)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.806Ethiopia (Afar) P. kaisensis (224657)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781Kenya (Rift Valley) P. sp. (21287 21289 21291 21292 21352)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Ethiopia P. sp. (21550 21567 21571 21613 21664 22015)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Kenya (Rift Valley) P. sp. (21300 21303 21305)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Kenya P. oldowayensis (21410) P. turkanensis (21398 21457 21503)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Kenya (Rift Valley) P. sp. (21350)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Kenya P. oldowayensis (21378 21413 21444 21498 21516) P. oldowayensis, P. turkanensis (21367 21370 21396 21445 21448 21454 21515) P. turkanensis (21402 21409 21421 21458 21462 21464 21472 21495 21502 21508 21521 21532)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Ethiopia (Ethiopian Rift) P. turkanensis (22492)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Eritrea (Afar Depression) P. sp. (22488)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Israel P. sp. (37024 37026)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117South Africa P. antiquus (21695 21916 21931 115191 115205) P. sp. (21954)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Djibouti P. oldowayensis (22482)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia P. oldowayensis (48857 48859)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Kenya P. sp. (38039)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Morocco P. antiquus (22489)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0South Africa P. antiquus (21948 21952)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Kenya P. oldowayensis, P. turkanensis (21368 21514) P. sp. (32057 32058 32085) P. turkanensis (21469 21520)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Kenya (Rift Valley) P. sp. (21294 21295 21298 21343)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Tanzania (Lake Natron Basin) P. sp. (22552 22554 22577 22579)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Tanzania P. antiquus (21970) P. oldowayensis (22337 22465 22626 22627)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774South Africa P. antiquus (21923 21928)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Morocco P. antiquus (34330)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Ethiopia P. sp. (22138 22156 22177)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117South Africa P. antiquus (115225) P. sp. (96974)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Congo-Kinshasa P. antiquus (22066)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Kenya (Athi-Kapiti Plains) P. antiquus (32113)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Swaziland P. sp. (210051)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa P. antiquus (22067)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa P. antiquus (21917)