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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	42616	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=42616

Rank

family (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Gelocidae

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Synapsida	Osborn 1903
-	Therapsida
infraorder	Cynodontia
-	Epicynodontia	Hopson and Kitching 2001
infraorder	Eucynodontia	Kemp 1982
-	Probainognathia	Hopson 1990
-	Mammaliamorpha	Rowe 1988
-	Mammaliaformes	Rowe 1988
class	Mammalia	Linnaeus 1758
subclass	Tribosphenida
infraclass	Eutheria
order	Ungulata
order	Artiodactyla	Owen 1848
-	Ruminantiamorpha	Spaulding et al. 2009
-	Ruminantia
infraorder	Tragulina	Flower 1883
superfamily	Traguloidea
family	Gelocidae	Schlosser 1886

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Gelocidae	family	belongs to Tragulina	stated with evidence	Matthew, 1908
Gelocidae	family	belongs to Pecora	stated without evidence	Webb and Taylor, 1980
Gelocidae	family	belongs to Pecora	stated with evidence	Geraads et al., 1987
Gelocidae	family	belongs to Traguloidea	implied	Carroll, 1988
Gelocidae	family	belongs to Traguloidea	stated with evidence	Vislobokova, 2001
Gelocidae	family	belongs to Artiodactyla	implied	Hulbert and Whitmore, 2006
Gelocidae	family	belongs to Pecora	stated without evidence	Webb, 2008

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

41.3 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene

Last Recorded Appearance

5.33 - 3.60 Ma
Neogene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Artiodactyla)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Diet

grazer, browser (based on Artiodactyla)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Pseudoceratinae ✝ subfamily	listed (PBDB)	34	23.0 Ma Miocene	5.33 Ma Miocene
Bachitherium ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	21	41.3 Ma Eocene	28.1 Ma Oligocene
Gelocus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	12	38.0 Ma Eocene	28.4 Ma Oligocene
Gobiomeryx ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	8	37.2 Ma Eocene	33.9 Ma Oligocene
Paragelocus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	5	38.0 Ma Eocene	28.4 Ma Oligocene
Phaneromeryx ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Pseudogelocus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	8	33.9 Ma Oligocene	33.9 Ma Oligocene
Pseudomeryx ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	9	33.9 Ma Oligocene	33.9 Ma Oligocene

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1886	Gelocidae Schlosser
1908	Gelocidae Matthew p. 561
1980	Gelocidae Webb and Taylor
1987	Gelocidae Geraads and et al.
1987	Bachitheriidae Janis
1988	Gelocidae Carroll
2001	Bachitheriidae Vislobokova p. S135
2001	Gelocidae Vislobokova p. S133
2006	Gelocidae Hulbert and Whitmore p. 11
2008	Gelocidae Webb p. 50
2014	Bachitheriidae Vianey-Liaud et al. p. 608

Year	Name and Author
1886	Gelocidae Schlosser
1908	Gelocidae Matthew p. 561
1980	Gelocidae Webb and Taylor
1987	Gelocidae Geraads and et al.
1987	Bachitheriidae Janis
1988	Gelocidae Carroll
2001	Bachitheriidae Vislobokova p. S135
2001	Gelocidae Vislobokova p. S133
2006	Gelocidae Hulbert and Whitmore p. 11
2008	Gelocidae Webb p. 50
2014	Bachitheriidae Vianey-Liaud et al. p. 608

References

Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698

Matthew W. D. (1908) Osteology of Blastomeryx and phylogeny of the American Cervidae, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 24 27, 535-562

Vislobokova I. A. (2001) Evolution and classification of Tragulina (Ruminantia, Artiodactyla), Paleontological Journal Suppl. 2, S69-S145

Hulbert R. C., Whitmore F. C. (2006) Late Miocene mammals from the Mauvilla Local Fauna, Alabama, Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 46 1, 1-28

Webb S. D. (2008) Revision of the extinct Pseudoceratinae (Artiodactyla: Ruminantia: Gelocidae), Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 48 2, 17-58

Vianey-Liaud M., Comte B., et al (2014) A new early late Oligocene (MP 26) continental vertebrate fauna from Saint-Privat-des-Vieux (Alès Basin, Gard, Southern France), Geodiversitas 36 4, 565-622 doi:10.5252/g2014n4a4

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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