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Palaeotragus rouenii

Mammalia - Giraffidae

Taxonomy
Palaeotragus roueni was named by Gaudry (1861).

It was corrected as Palaeotragus rouenii by Kostopoulos (2009), Athanassiou (2014), Kostopoulos (2016) and Xafis et al. (2019).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. decipiens

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1861Palaeotragus roueni Gaudry
2009Palaeotragus rouenii Kostopoulos
2010Palaeotragus roueni Harris et al. p. 804
2014Palaeotragus rouenii Athanassiou p. 74
2016Palaeotragus rouenii Kostopoulos
2019Palaeotragus rouenii Xafis 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
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Ruminantiamorpha
—Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
—Pecora()
familyGiraffidae
genusPalaeotragusGaudry 1861
speciesrouenii(Gaudry 1861)

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.

†Palaeotragus rouenii Gaudry 1861
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: browserg
Diet 2: grazerg
Reproduction: viviparousf
Created: 2009-01-04 10:44:45
Modified: 2009-01-04 12:46:31
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Solounias and Moelleken 1993, Nowak 1991, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Vallesian to the top of the Messinian or 11.60800 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Moldova Palaeotragus roueni (75802)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Ukraine (Odessa) Palaeotragus roueni (75794)
Vallesian11.608 - 8.7Greece Palaeotragus rouenii (191070)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Turkey (Usak) Palaeotragus rouenii (34462)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Greece (Attiki) Palaeotragus rouenii (195562)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Turkey (Cankiri) Palaeotragus rouenii (184368)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Moldova (Tighina Departement) Palaeotragus roueni (36143)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Greece (Attica) Palaeotragus rouenii (202630)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Greece (Aegean) Palaeotragus rouenii (202120)
MN 118.7 - 7.75Greece Palaeotragus rouenii (73869)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Makedonia Thraki) Palaeotragus rouenii (157582)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Macedonia) Palaeotragus rouenii (32375 73553)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Turkey Palaeotragus rouenii (151910)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Samos) Palaeotragus rouenii (202219)
MN 127.75 - 7.246Ukraine (Odessa) Palaeotragus rouenii (167995)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Greece Palaeotragus rouenii (95690 95691 206460 206461)