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Dorcatherium crassum

Mammalia - Tragulidae

Taxonomy
Dorcatherium crassum was named by Lartet (1851).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1851Dorcatherium crassum Lartet
2001Dorcatherium crassum Vislobokova p. S137
2020Dorcatherium crassum Koufos

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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
speciescrassumLartet 1851

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 crassum Lartet 1851
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999

Age range: base of the MN 4 to the top of the Messinian or 16.90000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Dorcatherium crassum (69098)
Burdigalian - Tortonian20.44 - 7.246France Dorcatherium crassum (187580)
MN 3 - MN 520.0 - 13.65France Dorcatherium crassum (94801 191822 191827)
MN 416.9 - 15.97France (Midi-Pyrénées) Dorcatherium crassum (71873)
MN 4 - MN 516.9 - 13.65Greece (Macedonia) Dorcatherium peneckei (73861)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82France (Maine-et-Loire) Dorcatherium crassum (148396)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Spain (Catalonia) Dorcatherium crassum (180192)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82France Dorcatherium crassum (90354 148401)
MN 515.97 - 13.65France (Midi-Pyrenees Region) Dorcatherium crassum (32071 32072)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Poland (Silesia) Dorcatherium crassum (42595 42596)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62France (Midi-Pyrenees) Dorcatherium crassum (32191)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608France (Gers) Dorcatherium crassum (143472)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Greece (Aegean) Dorcatherium crassum (182752)
Langhian - Tortonian15.97 - 7.246France (Midi-Pyrenees Region) Dorcatherium crassum (31775 31776)
Langhian - Tortonian15.97 - 7.246France (Maine-et-Loire) Dorcatherium crassum (142149)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Romania Dorcatherium crassum (35125)