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Alcelaphus lichtensteinii

Osteichthyes - Bovidae

Taxonomy
Alcelaphus lichtensteinii was named by Peteres (1852). It is extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. coama, A. lelwell, A. lichtensteini, A. robustus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1852Alcelaphus lichtensteinii Peteres
2008Alcelaphus lichtensteinii 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
tribeAlcelaphiniBrookes 1876
genusAlcelaphusBlainville 1816
specieslichtensteiniiPeteres 1852

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: grazerg
Reproduction: viviparousf
Created: 2009-01-04 10:59:50
Modified: 2009-01-04 13:00:27
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: MacFadden et al. 1999, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999

Age range: base of the Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 2.58000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Alcelaphus lichtensteini (22110)