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Pliocervus

Mammalia - Cervidae

Taxonomy
Pliocervus was named by Hilzheimer (1922). It is not extant. Its type is Cervus matheronis.

It was assigned to Cervoidea by Carroll (1988); and to Pliocervinae by Grubb (2000).

Species
P. matheronis
Species lacking formal opinion data
P. graecus, P. kutchurganicus

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1922Pliocervus Hilzheimer
1941Ctenocerus Kretzoi
1968Ctenocervus Kretzoi p. 164
1988Pliocervus Carroll
2000Pliocervus Grubb p. 302

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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()
familyCervidae
subfamilyPliocervinaeSymeonidis 1974
genusPliocervusHilzheimer 1922

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. †Pliocervus Hilzheimer 1922
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†Pliocervus matheronis Gervais 1859
Invalid names: Ctenocerus Kretzoi 1941 [synonym], Ctenocervus Kretzoi 1968 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available