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Antilope

Mammalia - Bovidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1766Antilope Pallas
1825Antilope Gray p. 342
1826Antelope Abel p. 234
1848Antilope Owen p. 139
1878Antilope Lydekker
1988Antilope Carroll
2001Antilope Grubb p. 378
2008Antilope Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 979 figs. Fig. 5
2010Antilope Gentry p. 770
2021Antilope 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
genusAntilopePallas 1766

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. Antilope Pallas 1766
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Subg. Antilope (Naemorhedus) Smith 1827
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†Nemorhoedus palmeri Cragin 1899
Subg. Antilope (Pantholops) Hodgson 1834 [chiru]
†Antilope arundinum Boddaert 1785 [southern reedbuck]
†Antilope campestris Thunberg 1811 [steenbok]
Antilope cervicapra Linnaeus 1758 [blackbuck]
†Antilope ellipsiprymnus Ogilby 1833 [waterbuck]
†Antilope equina Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1803 [roan antelope]
Antilope leptoceros Cuvier 1842
†Antilope lervia Pallas 1777 [barbary sheep]
†Antilope lindermayeri Wagner 1848
†Antilope ourebi Zimmerman 1783 [oribi]
†Antilope pallasi Wagner 1857
†Antilope patulicornis Lydekker 1878
†Antilope porrecticornis Lydekker 1878
†Antilope sivalensis Lydekker 1878
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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: Nowak 1991, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Serravallian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 13.82000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 11.62 Ma

Collections (30 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.03 - 5.333France A. cristata (200296)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588South Africa Kobus porrecticornis (22229)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Ukraine A. sp. (75788)
Tortonian - Zanclean11.62 - 3.6Ethiopia Kobus porrecticornis (22139)
Tortonian - Zanclean11.62 - 3.6Kenya A. sp. (22236)
Vallesian11.608 - 8.7China (shaanxi) Antelope sp. (42254)
MN 9 - MN 1011.1 - 8.7Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) A. sp. (22681)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333China (Gansu) A. sp. (42675 42676)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Ukraine A. pallasii (76291)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Kenya Kobus porrecticornis (22307)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Tanzania Kobus porrecticornis (22042)
Messinian - Piacenzian7.246 - 2.588Kenya (Turkana District) A. sp. (21332)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Spain (Guadix) A. sp. (186699)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588China (Shanxi) A. sp. (42559)
Zanclean - Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Kenya Kobus porrecticornis (22267)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117India (Himachal Pradesh) A. sivalensis (232188)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588India (Jammu) A. sp. (51102)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Ethiopia A. subtorta (21653)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Romania A. sp. (39848)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117India (Uttar Pradesh) A. sp. (237974)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117India A. cervicapra (238017) A. sp., A. cervicapra (237975)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117India (West Bengal) A. cervicapra (238025)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Philippines Antelope sp. (94611)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117India (Madras) A. cervicapra (228955)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0South Africa Kobus porrecticornis (22231)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117India A. cervicapra (224310)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0India A. cervicapra (238022)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0India (West Bengal) A. cevicapra (13456)