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Taxonomy
Caprinae was named by Gray (1821). It is extant.
It was assigned to Ruminantes by Gray (1821); and to Bovidae by Gill (1872), Hay (1902), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Alcala and Morales (1997), Grubb (2001), Mead and Taylor (2005), Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008) and Gentry (2010).
It was assigned to Ruminantes by Gray (1821); and to Bovidae by Gill (1872), Hay (1902), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Alcala and Morales (1997), Grubb (2001), Mead and Taylor (2005), Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008) and Gentry (2010).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1821 | Caprinae Gray p. 307 |
1872 | Caprinae Gill |
1902 | Caprinae Hay p. 687 |
1980 | Caprinae Kurten and Anderson p. 326 |
1997 | Caprinae Alcala and Morales p. 947 |
2001 | Caprinae Grubb p. 385 |
2005 | Caprinae Mead and Taylor p. 3 |
2008 | Caprinae Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 979 figs. Fig. 5 |
2010 | Caprinae Gentry p. 791 |
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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.
Subfm. Caprinae Gray 1821
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G. Hemitragus Hodgson 1841
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†Hemitragus cedrensis Crégut-Bonnoure 1989
Hemitragus hylocrius Ogilby 1838
Hemitragus jayakari Thomas 1894
Hemitragus jemlahicus Smith 1826
G. Naemorhaedus Smith 1827
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Naemorhedus caudatus Milne-Edwards 1867
Naemorhedus goral Hardwicke 1825
Nemorhaedus goral Hardwicke 1825
Invalid names: Caprina Wagner 1844 [synonym], Kemas Ogilby 1837 [synonym], Urotragus Gray 1871 [synonym]
Tr. Ovibovini
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G. Rupicapra de Blainville 1816
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Rupicapra pyrenaica Bonaparte 1845
Rupicapra rupicapra Linnaeus 1758 [chamois]
Invalid names: Naemorhedini [empty], Rupicaprini [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Nowak 1991 |
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the MN 10 to the top of the Holocene or 9.70000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 8.7 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 8.7 Ma
Collections (184 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Vallesian | Iraq | Ovibovini indet. (41735) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Algeria (Oran) | Damalavus boroccoi (136913) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Algeria | Damalavus boroccoi (34643) | |
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene | Spain (Castellón) | Ovibovini indet. (183092) | |
MN 10 | Spain (Teruel) | Aragoral mudejar (38345) | |
Messinian - Piacenzian | South Africa (Cape) | Ovibovini indet. (59167) | |
Early/Lower Pliocene | Spain (Balearic Islands) | Myotragus palomboi (136065) | |
Zanclean | South Africa | Ovibovini indet. (22221 22222) | |
Zanclean | Kenya | Ovibovini indet. (22234) | |
Ruscinian | Italy (Sardinia) | Caprinae indet. (49332) | |
Pliocene | China (Tibet) | Pseudois n. sp. (115615) | |
Ruscinian - Villanyian | Hungary (Barany) | Hemitragus bonali (35354) | |
Pliocene - Calabrian | South Africa | Makapania broomi (21791) | |
Pliocene - Pleistocene | Italy (Sardinia) | C. sp., Caprinae indet. (51478) | |
Pliocene - Pleistocene | Bulgaria | Hemitragus sp. (58809) | |
Pliocene - Pleistocene | Hungary (Barany) | Caprinae indet. (35359) | |
Late/Upper Pliocene | South Africa | Makapania broomi (22340) | |
Late/Upper Pliocene | Spain (Majorca (Mallorca)) | Myotragus kopperi (68812) | |
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene | Spain (Majorca (Mallorca)) | Myotragus sp. (68813) | |
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene | China (Hebei) | Ovibovini indet. (231023) | |
Late/Upper Pliocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Italy (Sardinia) | Caprinae indeterminate (94327) | |
Villanyian | Greece (Thessaly) | Caprinae indet., Ovibovini indet. (34614) | |
Villanyian | Spain (Castellon) | Ovibovini indet. (34929) | |
Villanyian | Hungary (Barany) | Hemitragus bonali (35369) | |
Gelasian | Ethiopia | Ovibovini indet. (21555 21632) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | South Africa | Makapania sp. (21824) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | Italy (Foggia) | Caprinae indet., Ovibovini indet. (41007) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | Greece (Macedonia) | Hemitragus sp. (34784) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | Spain (Murcia) | Hemitragus sp., Ovibovini indet. (34911) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | Russian Federation (Western Transbaikalia) | Ovibovini indet. (40266) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | Spain (Granada) | Capra alba (34898) Hemitragus sp. (34943) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | France (Alpes Maritimes) | Ovibovini sp., Nemorhoedus philisi (50342) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | Spain (Mallorca) | Myotragus kopperi (214536) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | China ( Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region) | Caprinae indet. (214689) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | Greece | Hemitragus sp. (230277) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene | Greece (Thessaly) | Hemitragus bonali (34808) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene | France (Cote d'Azur) | Hemitragus jemlahicus (49091) | |
Pleistocene | Canada (British Columbia) | Ovibos sp. (34385 108797) | |
Pleistocene | USA (New Jersey) | Ovibos moschatus (108815) | |
Pleistocene | Germany (Thuringia) | Ovibos moschatus (22728) | |
Pleistocene | Italy (Verona) | Rupicapra rupicapra (43656) | |
Pleistocene | Spain (Islas Baleares) | Myotragus balearicus (36974) | |
Pleistocene | Belgium | Hemitragus bonali (34127) | |
Pleistocene - Holocene | Ethiopia | Nitidarcus asfawi (22166) | |
Calabrian | South Africa | Makapania broomi (21822) | |
Irvingtonian | USA (Alaska) | Ovibos moschatus (20541) Ovibos sp. (20346) | |
Irvingtonian | USA (California) | Ovibos moschatus (20386) Ovibovini indet. (26548) | |
Calabrian - Middle Pleistocene | Italy (Sardinia) | Caprinae indet. (51482) | |
Middle Pleistocene | Japan (Aomori) | Capricornis crispus (101897) | |
Middle Pleistocene | China (Guangdong) | Capricornis sp. (40341) Caprinae indet. (120834) | |
Middle Pleistocene | Spain (Valencia) | Hemitragus bonali (221420 221421 221425 221426) Hemitragus bonali, Caprinae indet. (221422 221424) | |
Middle Pleistocene | China (Guangxi) | Capricornis sumatraensis (38649) | |
Middle Pleistocene | Austria (Niederoesterreich) | Hemitragus jemlahicus (50258) | |
Middle Pleistocene | Spain (Castilla-Leon) | Ovibos sp. (34924) | |
Middle Pleistocene | China (Guizhou) | Capricornis sp., Nemorhaedus goral (51100) | |
Middle Pleistocene | Hungary | Rupicapra sp. (35045) | |
Middle Pleistocene | Italy (Molise) | Hemitragus sp. (44092) | |
Middle Pleistocene | Thailand (Nakhon Ratchasima) | Capricornis sumatraensis (143885) | |
Middle Pleistocene | France (Languedoc-Roussillon) | Hemitragus sp. (47832) | |
Middle Pleistocene | France (Provence) | Hemitragus bonali (48889 48891 48893 48908 48910) Hemitragus jemlahicus (48892 48911 48912) | |
Middle Pleistocene | France (Aquitaine) | Hemitragus jemlahicus (49093) | |
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | China (Guangdong) | Capricornis sumatraensis (13293) | |
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Italy (Verona) | Rupicapra rupicapra (43657) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Canada (Nunavut) | Ovibos moschatus (73701 73702) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial) | China (Hubei) | Naemorhedus goral, Capricornis sumatraensis (92787) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Spain (Valencia) | Caprinae indet. (221417) Caprinae indet., Hemitragus cedrensis (205285 221412 221413 221414 221416) Hemitragus cedrensis (221415) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Virginia) | Ovibovini indet. (103358) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Kenya (Athi-Kapiti) | Caprinae indet. (32119) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Japan (Aomori) | Capricornis crispus (101898 195045) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Russian Federation (Respublika Saha (Jakutija)) | Ovibos pallantis (48587) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Kenya (Athi-Kapiti Plains) | Caprinae indet. (32138) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Greece (Ioannina) | Caprinae indet. (208565) Caprinae indet., Rupicapra rupicapra (208564) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Indonesia | Capricornis sumatraensis (93524) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Kenya (Athi-Kapiti plains) | Caprinae indet. (32124) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | Canada (Yukon) | Ovibovini indet. (20626 20627) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Canada (Northwest Territories) | Ovibos moschatus (73726) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Greece (Peloponnesus) | Caprinae indet. (208563) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Canada (Yukon) | Ovibos moschatus (73691 73694) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Gibraltar | Caprinae indet. (90037) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Netherlands | Ovibos moschatus (82530) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Norway | Ovibos moschatus (227462) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Italy (Vicenza) | Rupicapra rupicapra (43689) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Canada (Saskatchewan) | Ovibos moschatus (20620) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Tennessee) | Ovibovini indet., Ovibovini sp. (63424) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Greece (Peloponnesus) | Rupicapra rupicapra (184243) | |
Holocene | Canada (Manitoba) | Ovibos moschatus (229538) | |
Holocene | Greenland | Ovibos moschatus (160074 162014 162545 162546 162547 162550 162552 162553 162559 162567 162568 162569 162572 162573 162574 162575 162576 162577 162641 226353 227684 227686 227722 227725 227726 227727 227728 227751 227754 227755 227757 227758 227815 227817 227826 227827 227828 227829 227867 227870 227872 227873 227874 227875 227876 227877 229885 229938 229939 229940 229942 229943 230120) | |
Holocene | Canada (Nunavut) | Ovibos moschatus (73705 73709 73727 160848 228757 228898 228899 228927 228928 229484 229489 229646) | |
Holocene | Canada (Northwest Territories) | Ovibos moschatus (228444 228492) | |
Holocene | Russian Federation | Caprinae indet. (171637) |