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Kobus sigmoidalis

Mammalia - Bovidae

Taxonomy
Kobus sigmoidalis was named by Arambourg (1941).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
K. patulicornis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1941Kobus sigmoidalis Arambourg
2010Kobus sigmoidalis Gentry p. 776

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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
tribeRedunciniKnottnerus-Meyer 1907
genusKobusSmith 1840
speciessigmoidalisArambourg 1941

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.

†Kobus sigmoidalis Arambourg 1941
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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: grazerf
Diet 2: browserf
Reproduction: viviparousf
Created: 2009-01-04 11:02:56
Modified: 2009-01-04 13:03:24
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: MacFadden et al. 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Calabrian or 3.60000 to 0.77400 Ma

Collections (91 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Ethiopia (Afar) Kobus sigmoidalis (70907)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Congo-Kinshasa Kobus sigmoidalis (22090)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Malawi Kobus sigmoidalis (22323)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Ethiopia (Afar) Kobus sigmoidalis (224654)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Kenya Kobus sigmoidalis (21423 21425 21484 21485 21530 21536)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.8Ethiopia (Afar) Kobus sigmoidalis (224657)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.774Kenya (Rift Valley) Kobus sigmoidalis (21289)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Ethiopia (Afar) Kobus sigmoidalis (224655)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Kenya (Rift Valley) Kobus sigmoidalis (21280 21283 21285 21286 21345 21346 21354)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Ethiopia Kobus sigmoidalis (21545 21551 21554 21555 21562 21569 21590 21615 21619 21621 21631 21642 21644 21668 21670 21671 21682 21995 21996 21999 22018 22020 22022 22023 22026)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Kenya Kobus sigmoidalis (21376 21398 21410 21418 21420 21457 21461 21474 21478 21486 21503 21504 32116)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Tanzania Kobus sigmoidalis (22596)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.58 - 0.774Ethiopia (Ethiopian Rift) Kobus sigmoidalis (22490 22491 22492 22493 22494 22496 22497 22498)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.58 - 0.774Kenya Kobus sigmoidalis (21367 21370 21378 21396 21402 21445 21458 21462 21463 21464 21472 21476 21495 21496 21502 21532)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.58 - 0.774Tanzania Kobus sigmoidalis (21973)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Tanzania Kobus sigmoidalis (22616 22625 22628)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Kenya (Rift Valley) Kobus sigmoidalis (21294 21297)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Kenya Kobus sigmoidalis (21449 21514)