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Boselaphini

Osteichthyes - Bovidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Boselaphini Knottnerus-Meyer
1999Boselaphini Hassanin and Douzery p. 893
2001Boselaphini Grubb p. 375
2003Boselaphini Hassanin and Douzery p. 223
2007Boselaphini Tsoukala et al.
2008Boselaphini Leslie, Jr. p. 1
2010Boselaphini Gentry p. 753
2017Boselaphini Cregut-Bonnoure and Tsoukala
2020Boselaphini Hartung et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Ruminantiamorpha
—Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
—Pecora()
superfamilyBovoidea
familyBovidae
subfamilyBovinae(Gray 1821)
tribeBoselaphiniKnottnerus-Meyer 1997
tribeBoselaphiniKnottnerus-Meyer 1997

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Tr. Boselaphini Knottnerus-Meyer 1997
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G. †Austroportax Sickenberg 1929
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†Austroportax latifrons Sickenberg 1929
G. Boselaphus de Blainville 1816 [nilgai]
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Boselaphus tragocamelus Pallas 1766 [nilgai]
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Invalid names: Antilope leucopus Zimmermann 1777 [synonym], Antilope picta Pallas 1777 [synonym], Boselaphus albipes Erxleben 1777 [synonym], Damalis risia Hamilton-Smith 1827 [synonym], Tragelaphus hippelaphus Ogilby 1837 [synonym]
Invalid names: Portax Hamilton-Smith 1827 [synonym], Tragelaphus Ogilby 1837 [synonym]
G. †Elachistoceras Thomas 1977
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G. †Eotragus Pilgrim 1939
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†Eotragus clavatus Gervais 1850
G. †Kipsigicerus Thomas 1984
G. †Mirabilocerus Meladze 1967
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†Mirabilocerus brevicornis Meladze 1967
†Mirabilocerus eldaricus Gabashvali 1956
†Mirabilocerus maius Meladze 1967
G. †Neotragocerus Matthew and Cook 1909
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†Neotragocerus improvisus Matthew and Cook 1909
Invalid names: Neotragocerus lindgreni Merriam 1918 [nomen dubium]
G. †Parabos Arambourg and Piveteau 1929
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†Parabos boodon Gervais 1853
†Parabos cordieri de Christol 1832
†Parabos savelisi Cregut-Bonnoure and Tsoukala 2017
G. †Pikermicerus Kretzoi 1941
G. †Protragocerus Deperet 1887
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†Protragocerus chantrei Depéret 1887
†Protragocerus labidotus Gentry 1970
G. †Sivoreas Pilgrim 1939
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†Sivoreas eremita Pilgrim 1939
G. Tetracerus Leach 1825
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Tetracerus quadricornis de Blainville 1816 [four-horned antelope]
G. †Tragoportax Pilgrim 1937
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†Tragoportax abyssinicus Haile-Selassie et al. 2009
†Tragoportax amalthea Roth and Wagner 1854
†Tragoportax curvicornis Andree 1926
†Tragoportax cyrenaicus Thomas 1979
†Tragoportax rugosifrons Schlosser 1904
†Tragoportax salmontanus Pilgrim 1937
†Tragoportax spectabilis Schlosser 1903
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: grazerf
Diet 2: browserf
Reproduction: viviparousf
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-09-22 12:01:17
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the MN 4 to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 16.90000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.98 Ma

Collections (131 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Mongolia Eotragus sp. (85060)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.04 - 11.63Spain (Castile-La Mancha) Eotragus artenensis (136269)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Pakistan Sivoreas eremita (35042)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Greece Eotragus artenensis (68032)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Spain (Zaragoza) Eotragus sp. (40716)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Eotragus sp. (69098)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Serbia (Serbia) Eotragus haplodon, Eotragus sansaniensis (39714)
MN 3 - MN 520.0 - 13.82France Eotragus sansaniensis (94801 191829)
MN 416.9 - 15.98France (Centre) Eotragus artenensis (69116)
MN 4 - MN 516.9 - 13.82Greece (Macedonia) Eotragus sp. (73861)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82France Eotragus sansaniensis (90354 148401)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Spain (Catalonia) Eotragus noyei (180192)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82France (Aquitaine Region) Eotragus sansaniensis (31326)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Germany (Bayern) Eotragus sansaniensis (45613)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Kenya Eotragus sp. (22070 22082)
MN 5 - MN 615.98 - 12.75Bosnia and Herzegovina Eotragus clavatus (198251)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63France (Midi-Pyrenees) Eotragus sansaniensis (32191)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63Kenya Protragocerus sp. (22303)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Saudi Arabia Protragocerus sp. (41818)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Greece (North Aegean) Eotragus sansaniensis (182752)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Pakistan (Chakwal) Elachistoceras khauristanensis (225195)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Pakistan Sivoreas eremita (35041) Sivoreas sondaari, Sivoreas eremita (34991)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Nepal Sivoreas eremita (48707)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63India (Jammu and Kashmir) Protragocerus gluten (11797)
Langhian - Tortonian15.98 - 7.246France (Midi-Pyrenees Region) Eotragus sansaniensis (31775 31776)
MN 613.82 - 12.75Slovakia (Bratislava) Eotragus haplodon (69711)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63China (Ningxia) Eotragus sp. (42539)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Pakistan (Sind) Sivoreas sp. (71450)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Kenya (Central Nyanza) Eotragus sp., Kipsigicerus labidotus (21340)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Kenya Boselaphini indet. (22300) Boselaphini indet., Protragocerus labidotus (22295 22299) Protragocerus labidotus (22285) Protragocerus sp. (22287) Protragocerus sp., Protragocerus gentryi, Protragocerus labidotus (22320) Sivoreas eremita (22297 22298) Sivoreas eremita, Protragocerus labidotus (22290)
MN 6 - MN 7 + 813.82 - 11.1Slovakia Eotragus haplodon, Boselaphini indet. (69712)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246France (Maine-et-Loire) Protragocerus chantrei (54136)
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Russian Federation (Adygea) Protragocerus sp. (207770)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Spain Eotragus sansaniensis (70806)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Switzerland (Baselland) Eotragus sp. (49421)
MN 7 + 8 - MN 912.75 - 9.67Thailand Eotragus sp. (71580)
Clarendonian - Hemphillian12.5 - 4.7USA (Nebraska) Neotragocerus sp. (18433)
Vallesian11.63 - 8.725Greece (Central Macedonia) Boselaphini indet. (202119)
Vallesian11.63 - 8.725Spain (Catalonia) Protragocerus sp. (176268)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Moldova Tragocerus rugosifrons (75802)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Serbia (Serbia) Eotragus sansaniensis (39709)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Kenya Boselaphini indet. (219711)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Türkiye (Cankiri) Tragoportax sp. (184368)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Türkiye (Denizli) Tragoportax sp. (197642)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Bulgaria (Blagoevgrard) Tragoportax rugosifrons (197446)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Greece (Thessaly) Tragoportax rugosifrons (194879)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333India (Gujarat) Tragoportax sp. (87489)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Greece (Aegean) Tragocerus rugosifrons (207137)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Türkiye Tragoportax amalthea (230349)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Greece (Attiki) Tragoportax amalthea (195555)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Bulgaria (Blagoevgrad) Tragoportax amalthea (197445)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Greece (Attica) Tragoportax amalthea (202630 202631)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Pakistan (Punjab) Tragoportax salmontanus (13474) Tragoportax sp. (13473)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Greece (Chalkidona) Tragoportax rugosifrons (182750 202222 202703)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Greece (Evros) Tragoportax sp. (210641)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Greece (Euboea) Tragoportax amalthea (195432 207135)
Tortonian - Messinian11.63 - 5.333Kenya Tragoportax sp. A, Tragoportax sp. B, Boselaphini indet., Tragoportax cyrenaicus (22241)
Tortonian - Zanclean11.63 - 3.6Ethiopia Boselaphini indet. (22159) Tragoportax sp., Boselaphini indet. (22139)
MN 109.67 - 8.725Spain Austroportax sp. (78514)
Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (Idaho) Neotragocerus lindgreni (19765)
Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (Nebraska) Neotragocerus improvisus (18033 18323)
Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (Nevada) Neotragocerus sp. (18972)
Late/Upper Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7Canada (Alberta) Neotragocerus sp. (18757)
Late/Upper Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (Nebraska) Neotragocerus improvisus (18499)
MN 118.725 - 7.9Greece Tragoportax amalthea (73869)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09Greece (Samos) Tragoportax amalthea, Tragoportax rugosifrons (43007) Tragoportax rugosifrons (202216) Tragoportax sp. (202219)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09Greece (Chalkidona) Tragoportax rugosifrons (195489)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09Bulgaria Tragoportax sp. (208566 208567 208568 208569)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09Spain (Valencia) Parabos sp., Miotragocerus amalthea (40758)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09Spain (Murcia) Boselaphini indet. (37546) Parabos cordieri (40752)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09Greece (Makedonia Thraki) Tragoportax sp. (157582)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09Greece (Macedonia) Tragoportax amalthea (73553) Tragoportax sp. (32374 32375)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09Greece (Larissa) Tragoportax amalthea (207134)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09Greece (Central Macedonia) Boselaphini indet., Tragoportax amalthea (32189)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09Greece (Euboea) Tragoportax amalthea (207133)
MN 127.9 - 6.965Türkiye (Anatolia) Tragoportax sp. (60534)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Ravenna) Parabos sp. (144566)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Kenya Tragoportax sp., Boselaphini indet., Tragoportax cyrenaicus (22242)
Messinian - Piacenzian7.246 - 2.58Kenya Tragoportax sp. A, Boselaphini indet. (22237)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Spain (Murcia) Parabos sp. (185681)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Ethiopia Boselaphini indet. (22137 22176)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Romania (Southern Moldavia) Parabos athanasiui (39424)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Greece (Thessaloniki) Bovidae indet. (182685)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Romania Parabos athanasiui (39681 40113 40114)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.58Kenya Tragoportax cyrenaicus (22235)
Ruscinian5.09 - 3.55Greece Parabos macedoniae (36579)
Ruscinian5.09 - 3.55Italy (Tuscany) Bovidae indet. 1 (49333)
MN 154.16 - 3.55Moldova Parabos boodon (50942)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58South Africa (Langebaanweg) Tragoportax sp. (21713)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.774India (Punjab) Boselaphus namadicus (236043)
Villafranchian3.55 - 1.8Hungary (Fejer) Parabos sp. (35374)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774India (Himchal Pradesh) Boselaphus sp. (236041)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Indonesia (Java) Tetracerus kroesenii (213296)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117India Boselaphus sp. (237975 238019)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117India (Madras) Tetracerus quadricornis, Boselaphus tragocamelus (228955)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117India (Tamil Nadu) Boselaphus sp. (238028)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117India (Gujarat) Boselaphus sp. (173345)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117India Tetracerus quadricornis, Boselaphus tragocamelus (224310)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0India (West Bengal) Boselaphus sp. (13456)