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Spirocerus

Mammalia - Bovidae

Taxonomy
Spirocerus was named by Boule and Teilhard de Jardin (1928). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Bovidae by Carroll (1988).

Species
S. wongi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Spirocerus Boule and Teilhard de Jardin
1988Spirocerus Carroll

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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()
familyBovidae
genusSpirocerusBoule and Teilhard de Jardin 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. †Spirocerus Boule and Teilhard de Jardin 1928
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†Spirocerus wongi Teilhard de Chardin and Piveteau 1930
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: Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 2.58800 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Turkey Spiroceros sp. (39322)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781China (Hebei) S. wongi (231023)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Russian Federation (Western Transbaikalia) S. wongi (40265 40266)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781China (Hebei) S. wongi (197069)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Mongolia S. kiakhensis (71060)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Russian Federation (West Siberia) S. sp. (40495)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117China (Heilongjiang) S. sp. (230983)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Russian Federation S. kjakhtensis (79548)