Dorcatherium

Dorcatherium Temporal range: Miocene, Possibly Pliocene 23–5.3  Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Dorcatherium naui skeleton, Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Tragulidae
Genus:	† Dorcatherium Johann Jakob Kaup, 1833
Type species
†Dorcatherium naui Kaup & Scholl, 1834
Other species
†Dorcatherium guntianumvon Meyer, 1846 †Dorcatherium majusLydekker, 1876 †Dorcatherium jourdaniDéperet, 1887 †Dorcatherium puyhaubertiArambourg & Piveteau, 1929 †Dorcatherium pigottiWhitworth, 1958 †Dorcatherium bulgaricum?Bakalov & Nikolov, 1962 †Dorcatherium nagriiPrasad, 1970 †Dorcatherium libiensisHamilton, 1973 †Dorcatherium minimusWest, 1980 †Dorcatherium orientaleQiu Zhanxiang & Gu Yumin, 1991 †Dorcatherium malikiKostopoulos & Sen, 2016 †Dorcatherium dehmiGuzmán, Sandoval & Rössner, 2021

Dorcatherium is an extinct genus of tragulid ruminant which existed in Europe, East Africa and the Siwaliks during the Miocene and possibly Pliocene. ^[1]

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  Dorcatherium sp. by Mauricio Anton
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  Dorcatherium minus jaw fragments, Natural History Museum, London
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  Dorcatherium crassum Left Hemi Mandible MHNT
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  Dorcatherium guntianum Left Hemi Mandible MHNT

Palaeoecology

D. naui was partially frugivorous, the evidence for this being its dental enamel's ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr, δ¹⁸O_CO3, and δ¹³C values. ^[2]

References

1. McKenna, M. C.; Bell, S. K. (1997). Classification of Mammals: Above the Species Level. Columbia University Press. p. 631. ISBN   978-0-231-11013-6.
2. Aiglstorfer, Manuela; Bocherens, Hervé; Böhme, Madelaine (18 February 2014). "Large mammal ecology in the late Middle Miocene Gratkorn locality (Austria)". Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments. 94 (1): 189–213. doi:10.1007/s12549-013-0145-5. ISSN   1867-1594 . Retrieved 27 November 2024– via Springer Nature Link.