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Hispanomeryx

Description

Hispanomeryx is an extinct genus of artiodactyl from the middle to late Miocene epoch, living from 13 to 8 million years ago. Over the years, they have been variously classified as being related to bovids or giraffes, or even belonging to their own unique family, but they are now widely regarded as moschids, relatives of the living musk deer.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4835688https://www.gbif.org/species/4835688
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)95354https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=95354
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Moschidae : Hispanomeryx
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Moschidae : Hispanomeryx
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)doubtful
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SynapsidaOsborn 1903
-Therapsida
infraorderCynodontia
-EpicynodontiaHopson and Kitching 2001
infraorderEucynodontiaKemp 1982
-ProbainognathiaHopson 1990
-MammaliamorphaRowe 1988
-MammaliaformesRowe 1988
classMammaliaLinnaeus 1758
subclassTribosphenida
infraclassEutheria
orderUngulata
orderArtiodactylaOwen 1848
-RuminantiamorphaSpaulding et al. 2009
-Ruminantia
-Pecora
familyMoschidaeGray 1821
genusHispanomeryxMorales Moyà-Solà & Soria 1981
Scientific NameHispanomeryx Morales, Moyà-Solà & Soria, 1981
Name Published InEstudios Geol. Inst. Invest, Geol. Lucas Mallada 37 (5-6)
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Hispanomeryxgenusbelongs to Hispanomerycidaestated without evidencePickford et al., 2000
Hispanomeryxgenusbelongs to Moschidaestated without evidenceProthero, 2007
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance11.6 - 8.7 Ma
Miocene
Last Recorded Appearance11.6 - 8.7 Ma
Miocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Artiodactyla)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietbrowser, grazer (based on Moschidae)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)M. Pickford, L. Gabunia, and P. Mein, J. Morales, B. Azanza. 2000. The middle Miocene mammalian site of Belometchetskaya, North Caucasus: an important biostratigraphic link between Europe and China. Geobios 33(2):257-267
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hispanomeryx

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1981Hispanomeryx Morales et al.
2000Hispanomeryx Pickford et al. p. 263
2007Hispanomeryx Prothero p. 223

References

Pickford M., Gabunia L., et al (2000) The middle Miocene mammalian site of Belometchetskaya, North Caucasus: an important biostratigraphic link between Europe and China, Geobios 33 2, 257-267
Prothero D. R. (2007) Family Moschidae, The Evolution of Artiodactyls, 221-226
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Estudios Geol. Inst. Invest, Geol. Lucas Mallada 37 (5-6) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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