Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Full reference: C. Arambourg. 1979. Vertébrés villafranchiens d’Afrique du Nord (Artiodactyles, Carnivores, Primates, Reptiles, Oiseaux). 1-141
Belongs to Hippotragus according to C. Arambourg 1979
Sister taxa: Hippotragus bohlini, Hippotragus brevicornis, Hippotragus cookei, Hippotragus equinus, Hippotragus gigas, Hippotragus leucophaeus, Hippotragus niger, Hippotragus niro
Type specimen: No. 1949-6:2, a tooth (M3). Its type locality is Unit 1 (Slama Stage), Bel Hacel, Algeria - Anderson (1936), which is in a Pliocene marine sandstone in the Slama Formation of Algeria.
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Algeria (1 collection), Tunisia (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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