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Gazellospira

Mammalia - Bovidae

Taxonomy
Gazellospira was named by Pilgrim and Schaub (1939). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Bovidae by Bouvrain (1998).

Species lacking formal opinion data
G. torticornis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Gazellospira Pilgrim and Schaub
1998Gazellospira Bouvrain

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Ruminantiamorpha
—Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
—Pecora()
superfamilyBovoidea
familyBovidae
genusGazellospiraPilgrim and Schaub 1939

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. †Gazellospira Pilgrim and Schaub 1939
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilep
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, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Ruscinian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 5.09000 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (34 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene11.63 - 0.774Spain (Castellón) G. torticornis (183092)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Kyrgyzstan G. sp. (34439)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Tajikistan G. gromovae (34444)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Russian Federation (Rostovskaya Oblast') G. torticornis (39409)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Spain (La Rioja) G. torticornis (38892)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Greece (Peloponnisos) G. torticornis (34655)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Bulgaria G. torticornis (58809)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Spain (Andalucia) G. torticornis (35038)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117France (Auvergne-Rhône-Alps) G. torticornis (44231)
Ruscinian5.09 - 3.55Türkiye (Ankara) G. sp. (34370)
Ruscinian - Villafranchian5.09 - 1.8Hungary (Barany) G. torticornis (35354)
MN 163.55 - 2.245Greece (Thessaly) G. torticornis (205043)
Villafranchian3.55 - 1.8Hungary (Barany) G. torticornis (35369)
Villafranchian3.55 - 1.8Greece (Macedonia) G. torticornis (34594)
Villafranchian3.55 - 1.8Spain (Castellon) G. torticornis (34929)
Villafranchian3.55 - 1.8Greece (Thessaly) G. torticornis (34614)
Villafranchian - Pleistocene3.55 - 0.0117Greece (Macedonia) G. sp. (34617) G. torticornis (34593 34762)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Spain (Granada) G. torticornis (77773)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Greece (Lesvos) G. torticornis (183341)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Germany (Baden-Wuerttemberg) G. torticornis (50274)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Greece G. torticornis (202122)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Türkiye G. sp. (39314)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Greece (Thessaly) G. torticornis (34782)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Hungary (Barany) G. torticornis (35442)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Tajikistan G. sp. (34104)
MN 172.245 - 1.8France (Rhone-Alpes) G. torticornis (47150)
MN 172.245 - 1.8France (Auvergne) G. torticornis (47188 47624)
MN 172.245 - 1.8Spain (Teruel) G. torticornis (36112)
MN 172.245 - 1.8France (Auvergne Region) G. torticornis (32105)
MN 172.245 - 1.8France G. torticornis (47129)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Spain (La Rioja) G. torticornis (189976)