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Connochaetes taurinus (blue wildebeest)

Mammalia - Bovidae

Taxonomy
Antilope taurina was named by Burchell (1823). It is extant.

It was recombined as Gorgon taurinus by Van Niekerk and de V Pienaar (1962); it was recombined as Connochaetes taurinus by Vrba (1997) and Geraads et al. (2004); it was recombined as Connochaetes taurina by Gentry (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1823Antilope taurina Burchell
1962Gorgon taurinus Van Niekerk and de V Pienaar p. 137
1997Connochaetes taurinus Vrba p. 157
2004Connochaetes taurinus Geraads et al. p. 186
2010Connochaetes taurina Gentry p. 789

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
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
subfamilyAntilopinaeGray 1821
tribeAlcelaphiniBrookes 1876
genusConnochaetes(Lichtenstein 1812)
speciestaurinus(Burchell 1823)

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.

Connochaetes taurinus Burchell 1823 [blue wildebeest]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: grazersubg
Reproduction: viviparousf
Created: 2009-01-04 10:50:27
Modified: 2009-01-04 13:02:12
Source: subg = subgenus, f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Solounias and Moelleken 1993

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 3.60000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (49 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588South Africa Connochaetes taurinus (22229)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Malawi Connochaetes taurinus (22271)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Malawi Connochaetes taurinus (22323 22326)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588South Africa Gorgon taurinus (22340)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117South Africa Connochaetes taurinus (21956)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Morocco Connochaetes taurinus (22489 34329)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Zambia Connochaetes taurinus (21924)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0South Africa Connochaetes taurinus (21949)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Connochaetes taurinus (22103)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Ethiopia Connochaetes taurinus (22166)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Tanzania Connochaetes taurinus (22183 22187 22189 22192 22195)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Tanzania (Serengeti Park) Connochaetes taurinus (22548)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Tanzania (Lake Natron Basin) Connochaetes taurinus (22552 22553 22554 22558 22577 22578 22579 22583)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Tanzania Connochaetes taurinus (22626 22627)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Algeria Connochaetes taurinus (22584)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Morocco Connochaetes taurinus (34287 42866)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Tanzania Connochaetes taurinus (21893)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Kenya (Athi-Kapiti plains) Connochaetes taurinus (32115 32124 32125)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117South Africa Connochaetes taurinus (115184)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Kenya (Athi-Kapiti Plains) Connochaetes taurinus (32090 32113 32138)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Kenya (Athi-Kapiti) Connochaetes taurinus (32119 32126)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Kenya (Athi-Kapiti Plain) Connochaetes taurinus (32093)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Zambia Connochaetes taurinus (21894)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Kenya Connochaetes taurinus (21933 21935 21936 21938)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa Connochaetes taurinus (21896)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tanzania Connochaetes taurinus (21690)