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Urmiatherium

Mammalia - Bovidae

Taxonomy
Urmiatherium was named by Rodler (1888). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Urmiatheriinae by Chen and Zhang (2004); to Bovidae by Carroll (1988), Zhang (2003) and Kostopoulos (2009); and to Antilopinae by Lazaridis et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1888Urmiatherium Rodler
1988Urmiatherium Carroll
2003Urmiatherium Zhang p. 238
2004Urmiatherium Chen and Zhang p. 215
2009Urmiatherium Kostopoulos
2017Urmiatherium Lazaridis 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()
superfamilyBovoidea
familyBovidae
subfamilyAntilopinaeGray 1821
genusUrmiatheriumRodler 1888

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. †Urmiatherium Rodler 1888
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Urmiatherium intermedium Schlosser 1903
Urmiatherium kassandriensis Lazaridis et al. 2017
Urmiatherium rugosifrons Sickenberg 1932
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 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988

Age range: Turolian or 8.70000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Greece (Kassandra) U. kassandriensis (202330)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333China (Gansu) U. intermedium (236762)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Samos) U. rugosifrons (202215)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Turkey U. rugosifrons (151910)