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Lophiomeryx benarensis

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)9337551https://www.gbif.org/species/9337551
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)347942https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=347942
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Lophiomerycidae : Lophiomeryx : Lophiomeryx benarensis
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Lophiomerycidae : Lophiomeryx : Lophiomeryx benarensis
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
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
infraorderTragulinaFlower 1883
superfamilyTraguloidea
familyLophiomerycidaeJanis 1987
genusLophiomeryxPomel 1853
speciesLophiomeryx benarensisGabunia 1964
Generic NameLophiomeryx
Scientific NameLophiomeryx benarensis Gabunia, 1964
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Lophiomeryx benarensisspeciesbelongs to Lophiomeryxstated with evidenceGabunia, 1964
Lophiomeryx benarensisspeciesbelongs to Lophiomeryxstated without evidenceVislobokova, 2001
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance28.4 - 23.0 Ma
Cenozoic
Last Recorded Appearance28.4 - 23.0 Ma
Cenozoic
Environmentterrestrial (based on Artiodactyla)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietgrazer, browser (based on Artiodactyla)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)G. Métais, E. Albayrak, and P.-O. Antoine, O. Erdal, L. Karadenizli, N. Oyal, G. Saraç, Y. Büyükmeriç, S. Sen. 2016. Oligocene ruminants from the Kzlrmak Formation, Çankr-Çorum Basin, Central Anatolia, Turkey. Palaeontologia Electronica 19(3):37A:1-23

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1964Lophiomeryx benarensis Gabunia
2001Lophiomeryx benarensis Vislobokova p. S139

References

Métais G., Albayrak E., et al (2016) Oligocene ruminants from the Kzlrmak Formation, Çankr-Çorum Basin, Central Anatolia, Turkey, Palaeontologia Electronica 19 3, 37A:1-23
Vislobokova I. A. (2001) Evolution and classification of Tragulina (Ruminantia, Artiodactyla), Paleontological Journal Suppl. 2, S69-S145
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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