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Palaeotragini

Mammalia - Giraffidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1911Palaeotraginae Pilgrim
2003Palaeotraginae Mitchell and Skinner p. 58
2009Palaeotragini Kostopoulos
2010Palaeotraginae Harris et al. p. 804
2010Palaeotraginae Kahn et al. p. 121
2011Palaeotragini van der Made and Morales p. 617
2014Palaeotraginae Athanassiou p. 74

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Ruminantiamorpha
—Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
—Pecora()
superfamilyGiraffomorpha
familyGiraffidae
tribePalaeotragini(Pilgrim 1911)
tribePalaeotragini(Pilgrim 1911)

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.

Tr. †Palaeotragini Pilgrim 1911
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G. †Mitilanotherium Samson and Radulesco 1966
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Invalid names: Macedonitherium Sickenberg 1967 [synonym], Sogdianotherium Sharapov 1974 [synonym]
G. †Samotherium Forsyth Major 1888
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†Samotherium africanus Churcher 1970
†Samotherium boissieri Forsyth Major 1888
†Samotherium major Bohlin 1926
†Samotherium neumayri Radler and Weihofer 1890
†Samotherium sinense Schlosser 1903
†Samotherium tafeli Kilgus 1922
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: browserf
Reproduction: viviparousf
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-09-22 12:03:58
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Serravallian to the top of the Gelasian or 13.82000 to 1.80600 Ma

Collections (51 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Kenya (Central Nyanza) Samotherium africanum (21340)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Ukraine (Cherson) Samotherium sp. (60256)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246Ethiopia Palaeotraginae indet. (22157)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Kenya Samotherium sp. (219711)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Moldova Samotherium boissieri (75802)
Vallesian11.608 - 8.7China (shaanxi) Paleotragus decipiens (42254)
Vallesian11.608 - 8.7Iraq Samotherium boissieri (41735)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Greece (Chalkidona) Samotherium boissieri (182750)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333China Samotherium sp. (195283 195284)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Algeria Samotherium sp. (34643)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333China (Gansu) Samotherium sp. (236747)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333China (Shanxi) Samotherium sp. (13477)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Algeria (Oran) Samotherium sp. (136913)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Greece (Euboea) Samotherium sp. (195432)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Turkey Samotherium sp. (56563)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Turkey (Denizli) Samotherium major (197642)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Turkey (Usak) Samotherium ? sp., Samotherium major (34462)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Greece (Aegean) Samotherium boissieri (202120)
MN 118.7 - 7.75Greece Palaeotraginae indet. (73869)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Tajikistan (Sor) Samotherium sp. (34392)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Euboea) Samotherium sp. (214079)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Samos Island) Samotherium boissieri (205351 205352)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece Samotherium boissieri (211913)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Turkey Samotherium sp. (151910)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333China (Gansu) Samotherium sp. (42675)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Samos) Samotherium boissieri (202215 202216 202218 202219) Samotherium boissieri, Samotherium major (202217)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Macedonia) Bohlinia attica (73553)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Kazakhstan Samotherium irtyshense (34436)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Central Macedonia) Samotherium boissieri (32189)
MN 127.75 - 7.246Ukraine (Odessa) Samotherium sp. (167995)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Greece Samotherium boissieri (206460) Samotherium major (95689 95690 95691 206462)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Tajikistan Sogdianotherium kuruksaense (34444)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Russian Federation (West-Siberia) Samotherium sp. (44866)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Egypt (Al Buhayrah) Samotherium sp. (42119)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Egypt Samotherium sp. (22592)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Greece (Thessaly) Mitilanotherium martinii (34614)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Greece (Macedonia) Mitilanotherium martinii (34594)
Villanyian - Pleistocene3.2 - 0.0117Greece (Macedonia) Mitilanotherium martinii (34593)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Spain (Granada) Mitilanotherium sp. (77773)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Greece (Lesvos) Mitilanotherium inexpectatum (183341)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Greece (Kozani) Mitilanotherium martinii (34764)