Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Tragulidae
Belongs to Dorcatherium according to I. A. Vislobokova 2001
See also Mors et al. 2000 and Sach and Heizmann 2001
Sister taxa: Dorcatherium bulgaricus, Dorcatherium chappuisi, Dorcatherium crassum, Dorcatherium guntianum, Dorcatherium iririensis, Dorcatherium jourdani, Dorcatherium libiensis, Dorcatherium majus, Dorcatherium minus, Dorcatherium orientale, Dorcatherium peneckei, Dorcatherium pigotti, Dorcatherium puyhauberti, Dorcatherium rodgeri, Dorcatherium songhorensis, Dorcatherium vindobonense
Type specimen: Its type locality is Eppelsheim, which is in a Miocene terrestrial horizon in Germany
Ecology: ground dwelling frugivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Miocene of Austria (2 collections), France (5), Germany (6), Greece (1), Hungary (1), Portugal (1), Slovakia (1), Spain (2), Switzerland (1)
Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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