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Dicrocerus elegans

Mammalia - Lagomerycidae

Taxonomy
Dicrocerus elegans was named by Lartet (1837).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Dicrocerus elegans Lartet

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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
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Ruminantiamorpha
—Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
—Pecora()
superfamilyCervoidea
familyLagomerycidaePilgrim 1941
tribeDicroceriniSimpson 1945
genusDicrocerusLartet 1837
specieselegansLartet 1837

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.

†Dicrocerus elegans Lartet 1837
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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: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999

Age range: base of the MN 3 to the top of the Middle Miocene or 20.00000 to 11.60800 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Portugal (Lisbon) Dicrocerus elegans (36631 36632)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97China (Jiangsu) Dicrocerus elegans (41812)
Burdigalian - Tortonian20.44 - 7.246France Dicrocerus elegans (187580)
MN 3 - MN 520.0 - 13.65France Dicrocerus elegans (94801)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Germany (Bayern) Dicrocerus elegans (44977 45605)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82France Dicrocerus elegans (90354)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Germany Dicrocerus elegans (46955)
MN 515.97 - 13.65France (Midi-Pyrenees region) Dicrocerus elegans (32073)
MN 515.97 - 13.65France (Midi-Pyrenees Region) Dicrocerus elegans (32071 32072)
MN 5 - MN 615.97 - 12.75Portugal Dicrocerus elegans (65912)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62France (Midi-Pyrenees) Dicrocerus elegans (32191)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608France (Gers) Dicrocerus elegans (143472)
Langhian - Tortonian15.97 - 7.246France (Maine-et-Loire) Dicrocerus elegans (142149)
Langhian - Tortonian15.97 - 7.246France (Midi-Pyrenees Region) Dicrocerus elegans (31776)
MN 613.65 - 12.75Slovakia (Bratislava) Dicrocerus elegans (69711)
MN 6 - MN 7 + 813.65 - 11.1Slovakia Dicrocerus elegans (69712)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Serbia and Montenegro (Serbia) Dicrocerus elegans (39709)