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Parmularius

Mammalia - Bovidae

Taxonomy
Parmularius was named by Hopwood (1934). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Bovidae by Carroll (1988); to Damaliscina by Vrba (1997); and to Alcelaphinae by Gentry (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Parmularius Hopwood
1988Parmularius Carroll
1997Parmularius Vrba p. 166
2010Parmularius Gentry p. 782

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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
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Ruminantiamorpha
—Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
—Pecora()
familyBovidae
subfamilyAntilopinaeGray 1821
tribeAlcelaphiniBrookes 1876
genusParmulariusHopwood 1934

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. †Parmularius Hopwood 1934
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†Parmularius altidens Hopwood 1934
†Parmularius ambiguus Pomel 1894
†Parmularius angusticornis Schwarz 1937
†Parmularius atlanticus Geraads and Amani 1998
†Parmularius braini Vrba 1977
†Parmularius pachyceras Geraads 2001
†Parmularius pandatus Gentry 1987
†Parmularius parvus Vrba 1978
†Parmularius rugosus Leakey 1965
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 12:01:17
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (43 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588South Africa P. angusticornis (22224)
Messinian - Piacenzian7.246 - 2.588South Africa (Cape) P. angusticornis (59167)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Ethiopia (Afar) P. rugosus (70907)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Tanzania (Eastern Drift Valley) P. pandatus (32050)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588South Africa P. braini (22339 22355 22356)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Ethiopia P. altidens (21748)
Zanclean - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Ethiopia P. pandatus (22167)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Morocco P. atlanticus (32052)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Kenya P. angusticornis (21485 21530)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Tanzania P. pandatus (21794 21798 21800 21802 21806 21807 21810 21812 21831 21832)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Chad P. sp. (22506)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117South Africa P. parvus (22334)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Tanzania P. pandatus (21815)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Kenya (Rift Valley) P. sp. (21282)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Ethiopia (Ethiopian Rift) P. angusticornis (22491 22494) P. augusticornis (22490) P. pandatus (22496) P. sp. (22498) P. sp., P. pandatus (22492)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Kenya P. altidens (21367) P. angusticornis (21370)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Morocco P. ambiguus (34332)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Ethiopia P. angusticornis (22166)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Ethiopia (Ethiopian Rift) P. augusticornis (22499)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Tanzania P. altidens (22628) P. augusticornis, P. rugosus (22627)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Tanzania (Lake Natron Basin) P. angusticornis (22552 22577)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Algeria P. ambiguus (22584)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Morocco P. angusticornis (34330)