Gazella sinensis Teilhard de Chardin and Piveteau 1930 (gazelle)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Bovidae

Full reference: P. Teilhard de Chardin and J. Piveteau. 1930. Les mammifères fossiles de Nihowan (Chine). Annales de Paléontologie 19:1-154

Belongs to Gazella according to P. Teilhard de Chardin and J. Piveteau 1930

Sister taxa: 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 marica, Gazella mytilinii, Gazella palaeosinensis, Gazella paotehensis, Gazella pilgrimi, Gazella pomeli, Gazella praegaudryi, Gazella praethomsoni, Gazella psolea, Gazella rufina, Gazella saudilla, Gazella setifensis, Gazella spekei, Gazella subgutturosa, Gazella thomasi, Gazella tingitana

Type specimen: Its type locality is Nihowan, N of Sanggan River, which is in a Pliocene/Pleistocene fluvial-lacustrine horizon in China

Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

Distribution:

• Quaternary of China (1 collection)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of China (1)

• Pliocene of Kazakhstan (2), Tajikistan (1)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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