Hoplitomeryx matthei
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Taxonavigation
[edit]Familia: †Hoplitomerycidae
Genus: †Hoplitomeryx
Species: †Hoplitomeryx matthei
Name
[edit]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 / 41.80333°N 15.38444°E)
Holotype: RGM.260965.
Type material: skull.
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
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