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Oryx gazella (gemsbok)

Osteichthyes - Bovidae

Taxonomy
Capra gazella was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Oryx gazella by Thomas (1911), Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Capra gazella Linnaeus p. 69
1911Oryx gazella Thomas p. 152
2008Oryx gazella Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 979 figs. Fig. 5

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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
subfamilyAntilopinaeGray 1821
tribeHippotraginiSundevall 1845
genusOryxde Blainville 1816
speciesgazella()

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.

Oryx gazella Linnaeus 1758 [gemsbok]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Nowak 1999

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

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Malawi Oryx gazella (22323)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58South Africa Oryx gazella (22340)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Algeria Oryx gazella (69723)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Israel Oryx gazella (37026)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Algeria Oryx gazella (22584)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Morocco Oryx gazella (42866)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Tanzania Oryx gazella (21893)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Kenya (Athi-Kapiti Plains) Oryx gazella (32113)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Kenya (Athi-Kapiti plains) Oryx gazella (32115)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117South Africa Oryx gazella (115184)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa Oryx gazella (21896)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tanzania Oryx gazella (21690)