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Connochaetes gnou (black wildebeest)

Mammalia - Bovidae

Taxonomy
Antilope gnou was named by Zimmermann (1780) [Bos gnu Zimmermann 1777 is unavailable: ICZN Opinion 257]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Antilope (Connochaetes) gnou by Lichtenstein (1812); it was recombined as Connochaetes gnou by Geraads et al. (2004), Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008), Gentry (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1780Antilope gnou Zimmermann
1812Antilope (Connochaetes) gnou Lichtenstein
2004Connochaetes gnou Geraads et al. p. 186
2008Connochaetes gnou Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 979 figs. Fig. 5
2010Connochaetes gnou 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)
speciesgnou(Zimmermann 1780)

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 gnou Zimmermann 1780 [black 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: Carroll 1988, Solounias and Moelleken 1993, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Nowak 1999

Age range: base of the Calabrian to the top of the Holocene or 1.80000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (27 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117South Africa Connochaetes gnou (207105)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117South Africa Connochaetes gnou (21695 21915 21929 21956 115191 115205)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0South Africa (Orange Free) Connochaetes gnou (21868)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0South Africa Connochaetes gnou (21950 21952)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774South Africa Connochaetes gnou (21923)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129South Africa Connochaetes gnou (115188)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117South Africa Connochaetes gnou (96974 113858)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117South Africa Connochaetes gnou (115167)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa (Orange Free) Connochaetes gnou (21861 21897 21909 21911 21912 21941 21943 21944 21947)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa Connochaetes gnou (21866 21940 21946)