†Nitidarcus 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: Ovibovini according to A. W. Gentry 2010
See also Vrba 1997
Sister taxon: Makapania
Subtaxa: Nitidarcus asfawi
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution: found only at Middle Awash - Bouri (Quaternary of Ethiopia)
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