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Lagomerycidae

Mammalia - Lagomerycidae

Taxonomy
Lagomerycidae was named by Pilgrim (1941). It is extant.

It was reranked as the subfamily Lagomerycinae by Grubb (2000).

It was assigned to Cervidae by Grubb (2000); and to Cervoidea by Mennecart et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1941Lagomerycidae Pilgrim
2000Lagomerycinae Grubb p. 302 figs. Table 1
2016Lagomerycidae Mennecart et al.

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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()
superfamilyCervoidea
familyLagomerycidaePilgrim 1941
familyLagomerycidaePilgrim 1941

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.

Fm. Lagomerycidae Pilgrim 1941
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Tr. Dicrocerini Simpson 1945
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G. †Dicrocerus Lartet 1837
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†Dicrocerus elegans Lartet 1837
G. †Heteroprox Schaub 1928
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†Heteroprox eggeri Rössner 2010
†Heteroprox larteti Filhol 1890
Tr. Lagomerycini Pilgrim 1941
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G. †Lagomeryx Roger 1904
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†Lagomeryx colberti Young 1937
†Lagomeryx complicidens Young 1964
†Lagomeryx manai Suraprasit et al. 2014
†Lagomeryx parvulus Roger 1898
†Lagomeryx ruetimeyeri Thenius 1949
†Lagomeryx tsaidamensis Bohlin 1937
G. †Ligeromeryx Azanza and Ginsburg 1997
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†Ligeromeryx praestans Stehlin 1937
G. †Paradicrocerus Gabunia 1959
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†Paradicrocerus brevistephanos Baschanov and Nurumov 1955
†Paradicrocerus flerovi Gabuniya 1959
G. †Stephanocemas Colbert 1936
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†Stephanocemas actauensis Abdrachmanova 1993
†Stephanocemas aralensis Beliajeva 1974
†Stephanocemas palmatus WANG et al. 2009
†Stephanocemas rucha Ginsburg and Ukkakimapan 1983
†Stephanocemas thomsoni Colbert 1936
Invalid names: Stephanoceras Colbert 1936 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: grazero
Diet 2: browsero
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 14:03:05
Modified: 2005-09-19 12:23:23
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the MN 4 to the top of the MN 7 + 8 or 16.90000 to 11.10000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.97 Ma

Collections (71 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Germany Lagomeryx sp. (70338)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Austria Heteroprox sp. (63085)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333France Lagomeryx sp. (200296)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97China (Shaanxi) Lagomeryx sp. (41811)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Serbia and Montenegro (Serbia) Heteroprox larteti (39714)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97China (Shandong) Lagomeryx teilhardi, Stephanocemas colberti, Stephanocemas thomsoni (41810)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Lagomeryx parvulus (70359) Lagomeryx ruetimeyeri (69098) Ligeromeryx praestans (49102)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Greece Lagomeryx ruetimeyeri, Lagomeryx parvulus (68032)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97China (Jiangsu) Dicrocerus sp., Stephanocemas sp. (41813) Lagomeryx sp. (42067) Lagomeryx sp., Dicrocerus sp. (43400) Stephanocemas colbert, Dicrocerus elegans (41812)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France (Maine-et-Loire) Lagomeryx praestans (48069)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Portugal (Lisbon) Dicrocerus elegans (36631 36632)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) Lagomeryx ruetimeyeri (106003)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Thailand Stephanocemas rucha (48126)
Burdigalian - Tortonian20.44 - 7.246France Lagomeryx sp., Dicrocerus elegans (187580) Ligeromeryx praestans (187579)
Orleanian20.0 - 15.97Czech Republic (Moravia) Lagomeryx sp. (190142 200140)
Orleanian20.0 - 15.97France Lagomeryx praetans (142146)
MN 3 - MN 520.0 - 13.65France Dicrocerus elegans, Ligeromeryx praestans (94801)
MN 416.9 - 15.97France (Centre) Lagomeryx parvulus (69116)
MN 416.9 - 15.97France (Alsac) Lagomeryx ruetimeyeri, Lagomeryx parvulus (69106)
MN 416.9 - 15.97France (Midi-Pyrénées) Lagomeryx minimus, Lagomeryx meyeri (71873)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82France Lagomeryx minimus (148401) Lagomeryx minimus, Dicrocerus elegans, Lagomeryx parvulus (90354)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Germany (Bayern) Dicrocerus elegans (45605) Lagomeryx pumilio, Lagomeryx parvulum (45612) Lagomeryx pumilio, Lagomeryx parvulus (45613) Lagomeryx sp. (45598) Lagomeryx sp., Dicrocerus elegans (44977)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82France (Aquitaine Region) Lagomeryx parvulus (31316 31326)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Spain (Catalonia) Lagomeryx rutimeyeri (180192)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Germany (Bayern) Heteroprox rubricati (44971)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Germany Dicrocerus elegans, Lagomeryx ruetimeyeri (46955)
MN 515.97 - 13.65France (Midi-Pyrenees Region) Dicrocerus elegans, Lagomeryx parvulus (32071 32072)
MN 515.97 - 13.65France (Midi-Pyrenees region) Dicrocerus elegans (32073)
MN 5 - MN 615.97 - 12.75Portugal Dicrocerus elegans (65912)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62France (Midi-Pyrenees) Dicrocerus elegans, Heteroprox larteti (32191)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608France (Gers) Dicrocerus elegans (143472)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Austria (Carinthia) Lagomeryx parvulus (34606)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608China (Qinghai) Stephanocemas palmatus (237243)
Langhian - Tortonian15.97 - 7.246France (Maine-et-Loire) Lagomeryx sp., Stephanocemas elegantulus, Dicrocerus elegans, Ligeromeryx praestans (142149)
Langhian - Tortonian15.97 - 7.246France (Midi-Pyrenees Region) Dicrocerus elegans (31776) Heteroprox larteti (31775)
Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene15.97 - 5.333China (Nei Mongol) Dicrocerus grangeri, Stephanocemas thomsoni, Lagomeryx triacuminatus, Cervidae indet. (28781)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Moldova (Chișinău) Lagomeryx flerovi (210536) Lagomeryx sp. (210590)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62China (Ningxia) Stephanocemas sp. (42539)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62China (shaanxi) Lagomeryx complicidens (42851) Stephanocemas sp. (42754)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Ukraine (Dnepropetrovsk) Lagomeryx sp., Dicrocerus sp. (60263)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62China (Xinjiang) Stephanocemas sp. (42246)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Slovakia (Bratislava) Lagomeryx sp., Lagomeryx parvulus (58983)
MN 613.65 - 12.75Germany (Bayern) Lagomeryx parvulus (45603)
MN 613.65 - 12.75Thailand (Lampang) Stephanocemas rucha, Lagomeryx manai (113430)
MN 613.65 - 12.75Russian Federation (Stavropol) Dicrocerus sp., Paradicrocerus flerovi (56738)
MN 613.65 - 12.75Hungary Heteroprox elegans (68118)
MN 613.65 - 12.75Slovakia (Bratislava) Dicrocerus elegans, Heteroprox larteti (69711)
MN 6 - MN 7 + 813.65 - 11.1Slovakia Dicrocerus elegans, Heteroprox larteti, Lagomeryx parvulus (69712)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Romania (Vaslui) Lagomerycinae indet. (197472)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Serbia and Montenegro (Serbia) Dicrocerus elegans (39709)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246China (Yunnan) Dicrocerus sp. (11798)
Vallesian11.608 - 8.7China (Nei Mongol) Dicrocerus sp. (42251)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333China (Hebei) Dicrocerus sp., Stephanocemas sp. (38674)