Hoplitomeryx matthei

Hoplitomeryx matthei

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cervoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Cladus: Ferungulata Cladus: Euungulata Ordo: Artiodactyla Cladus: Artiofabula Cladus: Cetruminantia Subordo: Ruminantia Cladus: Pecora Superfamilia: Cervoidea

Familia: †Hoplitomerycidae
Genus: †Hoplitomeryx
Species: †Hoplitomeryx matthei

Name

Hoplitomeryx matthei Leinders, 1983

Type locality: Pirro 11A, limestone quarry Dell' Erba, province of Foggia, Apulia, Italy. (41°48′12″N 15°23′4″E)

Holotype: RGM.260965.

Type material: skull.

References

Primary references

• Leinders, J. 1983. Hoplitomerycidae fam. nov. (Ruminantia, Mammalia) from Neogene fissure filings in Gargano (Italy). Part 1: The cranial ostelogy of Hoplitomeryx gen. nov. and a discussion on the classification of pecoran families. Scripta Geologica 70: 1–68. PDF

Additional references

• van der Geer, A.A.E. 2014: Systematic revision of the family Hoplitomerycidae Leinders, 1984 (Artiodactyla: Cervoidea), with the description of a new genus and four new species. Zootaxa 3847(1): 1–32. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3847.1.1 Reference page. 
• Mazza, P. P. & Rustioni, M. 2011. Five new species of Hoplitomeryx from the Neogene of Abruzzo and Apulia (central and southern Italy) with revision of the genus and of Hoplitomeryx matthei Leinders, 1983. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 163(4): 1304–1333. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2011.00737.x

Links

• Specimen RGM.260965 (Naturalis Bioportal)

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