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Taxonomy
Caprinae was named by Gray (1821) [Originally Family Capridae.]. It is extant.
It was reranked as the tribe Caprini by Hassanin and Douzery (1999), Hassanin and Douzery (2003), Wang et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Ruminantes by Gray (1821); to Antilopinae by Hassanin and Douzery (1999), Hassanin and Douzery (2003), Wang et al. (2016); and to Bovidae by Gill (1872), Hay (1902), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Alcala and Morales (1997), Grubb (2001), Mead and Taylor (2005), Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008), Gentry (2010), Calamari (2021).
It was reranked as the tribe Caprini by Hassanin and Douzery (1999), Hassanin and Douzery (2003), Wang et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Ruminantes by Gray (1821); to Antilopinae by Hassanin and Douzery (1999), Hassanin and Douzery (2003), Wang et al. (2016); and to Bovidae by Gill (1872), Hay (1902), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Alcala and Morales (1997), Grubb (2001), Mead and Taylor (2005), Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008), Gentry (2010), Calamari (2021).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1821 | Caprinae Gray p. 307 |
| 1872 | Caprinae Gill |
| 1902 | Caprinae Hay p. 687 |
| 1980 | Caprinae Kurten and Anderson p. 326 |
| 1997 | Caprinae Alcala and Morales p. 947 |
| 1999 | Caprini Hassanin and Douzery |
| 2001 | Caprini Grubb p. 383 |
| 2001 | Caprinae Grubb p. 385 |
| 2003 | Caprini Hassanin and Douzery p. 210 figs. Table 1 |
| 2005 | Caprinae Mead and Taylor p. 3 |
| 2005 | Caprini Mead and Taylor p. 3 |
| 2008 | Caprinae Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 979 figs. Fig. 5 |
| 2010 | Caprinae Gentry p. 791 |
| 2010 | Caprini Gentry p. 792 |
| 2016 | Caprini Wang et al. pp. e1169190-2 |
| 2021 | Caprinae Calamari |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Nowak 1999 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the MN 10 to the top of the Holocene or 9.70000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 8.7 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 8.7 Ma
Collections (59 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vallesian | Iraq | Ovibovini indet. (41735) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Algeria | Damalavus boroccoi (34643) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Algeria (Oran) | Damalavus boroccoi (136913) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene | Spain (Castellón) | Ovibovini indet. (183092) | |
| MN 10 | Spain (Teruel) | Aragoral mudejar (38345) | |
| Messinian - Piacenzian | South Africa (Cape) | Ovibovini indet. (59167) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Spain (Balearic Islands) | Myotragus palomboi (136065) | |
| Zanclean | Kenya | Ovibovini indet. (22234) | |
| Zanclean | South Africa | Ovibovini indet. (22221 22222) | |
| Ruscinian | Italy (Sardinia) | Caprinae indet. (49332) | |
| Pliocene - Calabrian | South Africa | Makapania broomi (21791) | |
| Pliocene - Pleistocene | Hungary (Barany) | Caprinae indet. (35359) | |
| Pliocene - Pleistocene | Italy (Sardinia) | C. sp., Caprinae indet. (51478) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Spain (Majorca (Mallorca)) | Myotragus kopperi (68812) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | South Africa | Makapania broomi (22340) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene | China (Hebei) | Ovibovini indet. (231023) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene | India (Punjab) | Caprinae indet. (236043) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene | Spain (Majorca (Mallorca)) | Myotragus sp. (68813) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Italy (Sardinia) | Caprinae indeterminate (94327) | |
| Villanyian | Spain (Castellon) | Ovibovini indet. (34929) | |
| Villanyian | Greece (Thessaly) | Caprinae indet., Ovibovini indet. (34614) | |
| Gelasian | Ethiopia | Ovibovini indet. (21555 21632) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Spain (Murcia) | Ovibovini indet. (34911) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Spain (Mallorca) | Myotragus kopperi (214536) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | France (Alpes Maritimes) | Ovibovini sp. (50342) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | China (Guanxi) | Caprinae indet. (230994) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | South Africa | Makapania sp. (21824) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Russian Federation (Western Transbaikalia) | Ovibovini indet. (40266) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Italy (Foggia) | Caprinae indet., Ovibovini indet. (41007) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | China ( Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region) | Caprinae indet. (214689) | |
| Pleistocene | Spain (Islas Baleares) | Myotragus balearicus (36974) | |
| Pleistocene - Holocene | Ethiopia | Nitidarcus asfawi (22166) | |
| Calabrian | South Africa | Makapania broomi (21822) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (California) | Ovibovini indet. (26548) | |
| Calabrian - Middle Pleistocene | Italy (Sardinia) | Caprinae indet. (51482) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | China (Guangdong) | Caprinae indet. (120834) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Spain (Valencia) | Caprinae indet. (221422 221424) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | China (Guangxi) | Caprinae indet. (235740) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Kenya (Athi-Kapiti) | Caprinae indet. (32119) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Tennessee) | Ovibovini indet., Ovibovini sp. (63424) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Virginia) | Ovibovini indet. (103358) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Kenya (Athi-Kapiti Plains) | Caprinae indet. (32138) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Greece (Ioannina) | Caprinae indet. (208564 208565) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Kenya (Athi-Kapiti plains) | Caprinae indet. (32124) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | Canada (Yukon) | Ovibovini indet. (20626 20627) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Gibraltar | Caprinae indet. (90037) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Spain (Valencia) | Caprinae indet. (205285 221412 221413 221414 221416 221417) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Greece (Peloponnesus) | Caprinae indet. (208563) | |
| Holocene | Russian Federation | Caprinae indet. (171637) |