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Cervavitus

Mammalia - Cervidae

Taxonomy
Cervavitus was named by Chomenko (1913). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Cervidae by Carroll (1988); to Pliocervinae by Grubb (2000); and to Capreolinae by Croitor (2014).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1913Procervus Alexejev
1913Cervavitus Chomenko
1913Damacerus Khomenko
1913Cervoceros Khomenko p. 108
1924Metadicrocerus Schlosser p. 164
1988Cervavitus Carroll
1988Cervoceros Carroll
2000Cervavitus Grubb p. 302
2014Cervavitus Croitor p. 120

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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()
familyCervidae
subfamilyCapreolinaeBrookes 1828
genusCervavitusChomenko 1913

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. †Cervavitus Chomenko 1913
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†Cervavitus cauvieri de Christol 1832
†Cervavitus fenqii Han 1987
†Cervavitus novorossiae Khomenko 1913
†Cervavitus shanxius Dong and Hu 1994
†Cervavitus ultimus Lin et al. 1978
Invalid names: Cervocerus Khomenko 1913 [synonym], Damacerus Khomenko 1913 [synonym], Metadicrocerus Schlosser 1924 [synonym], Procervus Alexejev 1913 [synonym]
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 12:03:17
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999

Age range: base of the MN 11 to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 8.70000 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (34 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Ukraine Procervus variabilis (75853)
Neogene23.03 - 2.58Ukraine Procervus variabilis (75854)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Moldova C. taracliensis, Cervocerus novorossiae, Damacerus bessarabica (75802)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Ukraine Procervus maeoticus (75799) Procervus variabilis (75800)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Ukraine (Odessa) Procervus variabilis (75794)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333China Cervocerus novorossiae (195286)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Moldova (Tighina Departement) Damacerus bessarabica (36139)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333China (Gansu) Cervocerus sp. (34694)
MN 118.7 - 7.75Hungary C. sp. (135820)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Kazakhstan C. novorossiae (34436)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Ukraine (Odessa) Procervus variabilis (75795)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333China (shaanxi) C. novorossae (42860 42861) C. sp. (42859)
MN 12 - MN 137.75 - 4.9China (Shaanxi) C. novorossiae (78328) C. sp. (78329)
MN 13 - MN 147.246 - 4.2China (Gansu) C. novorossiae (77790)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6France C. cauvieri (56693)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Russian Federation (West-Siberia) Procervus sp. (44866)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Ukraine (Odessa) Procervus variabilis (76551 76552)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588China (Shanxi) C. sp. (42559)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588China (Henan) Cervocerus novorossiae (46194)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588China (Tibet) C. n. sp. (115612)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588China (Shensi) C. sp. (34506)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781China (Yunnan) C. ultimus (78193)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781China (Guangxi) C. fenqii (230325)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781China (Guanxi) Cervocerus fenqii (230994)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781China (Anhui) C. ultimus (68380)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781China ( Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region) C. fenqii (214689)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117China (Yunnan) Cervoceros ultimus (36586 36587)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129China (Hubei) C. fenqii (234753)