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Dorcatherium pigotti

Mammalia - Tragulidae

Taxonomy
Dorcatherium pigotti was named by Whitworth (1958).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Dorcatherium pigotti Whitworth
1991Dorcatherium pigotti Anyonge p. 386
2001Dorcatherium pigotti Vislobokova p. S137
2010Dorcatherium pigotti Geraads p. 730

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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
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Ruminantiamorpha
—Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
familyTragulidaeMilnes-Edwards 1864
genusDorcatherium
speciespigottiWhitworth 1958

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 pigotti Whitworth 1958
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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: Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Middle Miocene or 20.44000 to 11.60800 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Kenya Dorcatherium pigotti (70808)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Kenya Dorcatherium pigotti (38060 83629)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Uganda Dorcatherium pigotti (192070)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Kenya (Northern Frontier District) Dorcatherium pigotti (122454)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Kenya (Nyanza) Dorcatherium pigotti (21338 21339)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Kenya Dorcatherium pigotti (22069 22070 22071 22077)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Namibia Dorcatherium pigotti (21855)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Kenya Dorcatherium pigotti (219711)