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Dorcatherium
Taxonomy
Dorcatherium was named by Kaup (1839). Its type is Dorcatherium naui.
It was assigned to Ruminantia by Lydekker (1876); to Bovidae by Theodorou et al. (2003); and to Tragulidae by Carroll (1988), Anyonge (1991), Codrea (1992), Pickford et al. (2000), Vislobokova (2001), Covert et al. (2001), Sach and Heizmann (2001), Geraads et al. (2005), Geraads (2010) and Koufos (2020).
It was assigned to Ruminantia by Lydekker (1876); to Bovidae by Theodorou et al. (2003); and to Tragulidae by Carroll (1988), Anyonge (1991), Codrea (1992), Pickford et al. (2000), Vislobokova (2001), Covert et al. (2001), Sach and Heizmann (2001), Geraads et al. (2005), Geraads (2010) and Koufos (2020).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1839 | Dorcatherium Kaup p. 91 |
| 1876 | Dorcatherium Lydekker |
| 1988 | Dorcatherium Carroll |
| 1991 | Dorcatherium Anyonge p. 386 |
| 1992 | Dorcatherium Codrea |
| 2000 | Dorcatherium Pickford et al. p. 261 |
| 2001 | Dorcatherium Covert et al. p. 634 |
| 2001 | Dorcatherium Sach and Heizmann p. 35 |
| 2001 | Dorcatherium Vislobokova p. S133 |
| 2003 | Dorcatherium Theodorou et al. |
| 2005 | Dorcatherium Geraads et al. p. 536 |
| 2010 | Dorcatherium Geraads p. 729 |
| 2020 | Dorcatherium Koufos |
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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.
G. †Dorcatherium Kaup 1839
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†Dorcatherium bulgaricus Bakalov and Nikilov 1962
†Dorcatherium chappuisi Arambourg 1933
†Dorcatherium crassum Lartet 1851
†Dorcatherium guntianum von Meyer 1846
†Dorcatherium iririensis Pickford 2002
†Dorcatherium jourdani Deperet 1887
†Dorcatherium libiensis Hamilton 1973
†Dorcatherium majus Lydekker 1876
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Invalid names: Merycopotamus nanus Falconer 1868 [objective synonym]
†Dorcatherium minus Lydekker 1876
†Dorcatherium naui Kaup 1833
†Dorcatherium orientale Qui and Gu 1991
†Dorcatherium peneckei Hoffmann 1892
†Dorcatherium pigotti Whitworth 1958
†Dorcatherium puyhauberti Arambourg and Piveteau 1929
†Dorcatherium rodgeri Hofman 1909
†Dorcatherium songhorensis Whitworth 1958
†Dorcatherium vindobonense von Meyer 1846
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available