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Dorcatherium naui

Mammalia - Tragulidae

Taxonomy
Dorcatherium naui was named by Kaup (1833) [also said to be 1834]. It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Eppelsheim, which is in a Miocene terrestrial horizon in Germany. It is the type species of Dorcatherium.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Dorcatherium naui Kaup
1834Dorcatherium naui Kaup
2001Dorcatherium naui Sach and Heizmann p. 39
2001Dorcatherium naui Vislobokova p. S137

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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)
infraorderTragulina
superfamilyTraguloidea
familyTragulidaeMilnes-Edwards 1864
genusDorcatherium
speciesnauiKaup 1833

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.

†Dorcatherium naui Kaup 1833
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: frugivoref
Diet 2: grazerf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-23 13:14:24
Source: f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the MN 4 to the top of the MN 9 or 16.90000 to 9.70000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) Dorcatherium naui (type locality: 232177)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Dorcatherium naui (49102 69098)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) Dorcatherium naui (106003)
MN 416.9 - 15.97France (Gers) Dorcatherium naui (69099)
MN 416.9 - 15.97France (Alsac) Dorcatherium naui (69106)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82France (Aquitaine Region) Dorcatherium naui (31316 31326)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Portugal (Região Centro) Dorcatherium naui (136334)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Germany Dorcatherium naui (46955)
Astaracian15.97 - 11.608Greece (Crete) Dorcatherium naui (208183)
Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene15.97 - 5.333Spain (Catalonia) Dorcatherium naui (199537)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246France (Maine-et-Loire) Dorcatherium naui (54136)
MN 6 - MN 7 + 813.65 - 11.1Slovakia Dorcatherium naui (69712)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Switzerland (Thurgau) Dorcatherium naui (46277)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Austria (Niederösterreich) Dorcatherium naui (45042 45043)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Germany (Bavaria) Dorcatherium naui (206345)
Vallesian11.608 - 8.7Spain (Segovia) Dorcatherium naui (40768)
MN 911.1 - 9.7Hungary (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén) Dorcatherium naui (75481)