†Awashia Vrba 1997 (antelope)
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Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Full reference: E. S. Vrba. 1997. New fossils of Alcelaphini and Caprinae (Bovidae: Mammalia) from Awash, Ethiopia, and phylogenetic analysis of Alcelaphini. Palaeontologia Africana 34:127-198
Parent taxon: Alcelaphinae according to A. W. Gentry 2010
See also Vrba 1997
Sister taxa: Alcelaphina, Beatragus, Connochaetes, Damalacra, Damalborea, Damaliscina, Damaliscus, Maremmia, Numidocapra, Parmularius, Sigmoceros
Subtaxa: Awashia suwai
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution: found only at Middle Awash - Matabaietu fm. (Pliocene of Ethiopia)
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