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Pelorovis

Mammalia - Bovidae

Taxonomy
Pelorovis was named by Reck (1928).

It was assigned to Bovidae by Carroll (1988); and to Bovini by Geraads et al. (2004) and Gentry (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Pelorovis Reck
1988Pelorovis Carroll
2004Pelorovis Geraads et al. p. 185
2010Pelorovis Gentry p. 753

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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
subfamilyBovinae(Gray 1821)
tribeBoviniGray 1821
genusPelorovisReck 1928

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. †Pelorovis Reck 1928
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Pelorovis antiquus Duvernoy 1851
Pelorovis howelli Hadjouis and Sahnouni 2006
Pelorovis kaisensis Geraads and Thomasson 1994
Pelorovis turkanensis Harris 1991
Pelorovis turkanensis brachyceras Geraads et al. 2004
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available