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Antidorcas (springbok)

Mammalia - Bovidae

Taxonomy
Antidorcas was named by Sundevall (1847). It is extant.

It was assigned to Bovidae by Carroll (1988); to Antilopinae by Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008); and to Antilopini by Grubb (2001), Gentry (2010), Calamari (2021).

Species
A. marsupialis
Species lacking formal opinion data
A. marsupialas

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Antidorcas Sundevall
1988Antidorcas Carroll
2001Antidorcas Grubb p. 378
2008Antidorcas Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 979 figs. Fig. 5
2010Antidorcas Gentry p. 763
2021Antidorcas Calamari

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Ruminantiamorpha
—Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
—Pecora()
superfamilyBovoidea
familyBovidae
subfamilyAntilopinaeGray 1821
tribeAntilopiniGray 1821
genusAntidorcasSundevall 1847

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Antidorcas Sundevall 1847 [springbok]
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Antidorcas marsupialis Zimmerman 1780 [springbok]
†Antidorcas marsupialis australis Hendey and Hendey 1968
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: grazerf
Diet 2: browserf
Reproduction: viviparousf
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-09-22 12:01:17
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Holocene or 11.60800 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.333 Ma

Collections (58 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588South Africa Antidorcas sp., Antidorcas australis (22229)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Algeria (Oran) Antidorcas sp. (35287)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Greece (Attica) Antidorcas rothii (182754)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6Chad Antidorcas sp. (24181)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6South Africa Antidorcas sp. (100313)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Kenya Antidorcas sp. (22321)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Ethiopia (Afar) Antidorcas sp. (70907)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Ethiopia Antidorcas sp. (22560 22564)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117South Africa Antidorcas marsupialis (21960) Antidorcas sp. (207105)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Chad Antidorcas sp. (22506)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Tanzania Antidorcas sp. (21804 21805)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781South Africa Antidorcas marsupialis (21826) Antidorcas sp., Antidorcas australis (21824)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117South Africa Antidorcas australis (21695 21825 21828) Antidorcas marsupialis (21929 21931 21953 21956) Antidorcas sp. (21916 21954 115191) Antidorcas sp., Antidorcas australis (21829)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Kenya Antidorcas sp. (21963 22268 22269 22270)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0South Africa Antidorcas marsupialis (21711 21949 21952 21957) Antidorcas sp. (21948)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0South Africa (Orange Free) Antidorcas marsupialis (21868)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Tanzania Antidorcas sp. (22041 22064)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774South Africa Antidorcas marsupialis (21928)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Kenya Antidorcas sp. (21276 22272 22276)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117South Africa Antidorcas marsupialas (96974) Antidorcas marsupialis (21709 113858 115184)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117South Africa Antidorcas sp. (115167)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa (Orange Free) Antidorcas marsupialis (21861 21897 21911 21941 21943 21944 21945 21947)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa Antidorcas marsupialis (21866 21896)