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Selenoportax

Mammalia - Bovidae

Taxonomy
Selenoportax was named by Pilgrim (1937). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Bovidae by Carroll (1988).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Selenoportax Pilgrim
1988Selenoportax Carroll

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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)
—Pecora()
familyBovidae
genusSelenoportaxPilgrim 1937

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.

G. †Selenoportax Pilgrim 1937
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†Selenoportax falconeri Lydekker 1886
†Selenoportax giganteus Akhtar 1995
†Selenoportax tatrotensis Akhtar 1992
†Selenoportax vexillarius Pilgrim 1937
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: grazerf
Diet 2: browserf
Reproduction: viviparousf
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-09-22 12:01:17
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Turolian to the top of the Tortonian or 8.70000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246China (Yunnan) S. sp. (11798)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333India (Gujarat) S. vexillarius (87489)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Pakistan (Punjab) S. lydekkeri (13474) S. lydekkeri, S. vexillarius (13473)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333China (Yunnan) S. sp. (44219 44220 44221 44222 44223 44224)