Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Alternative spelling: Cerophorus (Gazella)
Parent taxon: Bovidae according to D. S. Kostopoulos 2016
See also Agnarsson and May-Collado 2008, Böhme et al. 2017, Carroll 1988, Gentry 2010, Geraads 2017, Grubb 2001, Hassanin and Douzery 1999, Hassanin and Douzery 2003, Krausman and Casey 2007 and Theodorou et al. 2003
Sister taxa: Alephis, Antilopina, Antilopinae, Antilospira, Austroportax, Bibos, Bootherium, Bovinae, Brabovus, Bucapra, Cambayella, Camelopardalina, Capra depressa, Capra reversa, Caprina, Caprinae, Criotherium, Deperetia, Dorcadoryx, Dorcadoxa, Dytikodorcas, Eosyncerus, Euceratherium, Gallogoral, Gazellospira, Gentrytragus, Gobiocerus, Grevenobos, Hanhaicerus, Helicoportax, Helicotragus, Hemibos, Hemistrepsiceros, Hesperidoceras, Hezhengia, Hippotraginae, Hypsodontinae, Kabulicornis, Kobikeryx, Kubanotragus, Leptobos, Leptotragus, Liops, Lyrocerus, Majoreas, Megalovis, Mesembriacerus, Mesembriportax, Microtragus, Miotragocerus, Moschiola, Namacerus, Neotragocerus, Nisidorcas, Oiocerini, Olonbulukia, Oreamnos, Oreonager, Orygotherium, Pachygazella, Pachyportax, Pachytragus, Palaeoreas, Palaeoryx, Paraprotoryx, Paratragocerus, Parurmiatherium, Peleinae, Perimia, Platybos, Pliotragus, Praeovibos, Proamphibos, Procamptoceras, Procobus, Prodamaliscus, Proleptobos, Prosinotragus, Prostrepsiceros, Protoryx, Protragelaphus, Protragocerus, Pseudobos, Pseudoeotragus, Pseudotragus, Pultiphagonides, Qurliqnoria, Rhynchotragus, Rhynotragus, Ruticeros, Saiga, Samokeros, Selenoportax, Shensispira, Sinoreas, Sinoryx, Sinotragus, Sivacapra, Sivaceros, Sivaportax, Sivatragus, Sivoryx, Skoufotragus, Soergelia, Spirocerus, Sporadotragus, Strepsiportax, Strogulognathus, Tchaltacerus, Tethytragus, Toribos, Torticornis, Tossunnoria, Tragelaphinae, Tragocerus, Tragoportax, Tragoreas, Tragospira, Tsaidamotherium, Turritragus, Urmiatheriinae, Wellsiana
Subtaxa: Gazella altidens Gazella atlantica Gazella bennettii Gazella bondi Gazella cuvieri Gazella dorcadoides Gazella dorcas Gazella dracula Gazella emilii Gazella gaudryi Gazella gazella Gazella jenenschi Gazella kohllarseni Gazella leptoceros Gazella lydekkeri Gazella mytilinii Gazella palaeosinensis Gazella pilgrimi Gazella pomeli Gazella praegaudryi Gazella praethomsoni Gazella psolea Gazella rufina Gazella saudilla Gazella setifensis Gazella sinensis Gazella spekei Gazella subgutturosa Gazella thomasi Gazella tingitana
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Algeria (4 collections), China (6), Egypt (34), Ethiopia (12), France (5), Georgia (1), Greece (5), India (1), Israel (9), Italy (1), Kenya (46), Mongolia (1), Morocco (8), Niger (1), Pakistan (1), the Russian Federation (1), South Africa (10), Spain (3), Sudan (2), Syria (1), Tanzania (11), Tunisia (1), Turkey (3), the United Kingdom (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of China (1), Ethiopia (3), Greece (2), Italy (1), Kenya (3), South Africa (4), Spain (1), Tajikistan (1), Uganda (1)
• Pliocene of Azerbaijan (1), Chad (1), China (8), Ethiopia (5), France (2), Georgia (1), Greece (10), India (1), Italy (1), Kazakhstan (3), Kenya (6), Malawi (1), Moldova (1), Morocco (1), Romania (2), the Russian Federation (4), South Africa (4), Spain (7), Tajikistan (3), Tanzania (15), Turkey (1), Ukraine (2)
• MN 13 of Moldova (2)
• Miocene to Pleistocene of Ethiopia (1), South Africa (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Ethiopia (2), Kenya (3), Kyrgyzstan (1), Pakistan (1), South Africa (4), Ukraine (1)
• Miocene of Algeria (2), Bulgaria (6), China (16), France (2), Georgia (2), Greece (38), Iraq (1), Italy (3), Kazakhstan (1), Kenya (8), Kyrgyzstan (1), Lebanon (1), Moldova (7), Pakistan (5), the Russian Federation (1), Saudi Arabia (1), Tajikistan (1), Tunisia (4), Turkey (8), Ukraine (8)
Total: 397 collections including 471 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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