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Hippotragus gigas

Mammalia - Bovidae

Taxonomy
Hippotragus gigas was named by Leakey (1965).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
H. cordieri, H. cordieri

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Hippotragus gigas Leakey

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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
tribeHippotraginiSundevall 1845
genusHippotragusSundevall 1845
speciesgigasLeakey 1965

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.

†Hippotragus gigas Leakey 1965
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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: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-09-22 12:01:17
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Nowak 1999

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.78100 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Ethiopia (Afar) Hippotragus gigas (70907)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588South Africa Hippotragus gigas (22354)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Ethiopia Hippotragus gigas (22164)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781Kenya (Rift Valley) Hippotragus gigas (21291)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Kenya (Rift Valley) Hippotragus gigas (21354)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Tanzania Hippotragus gigas (22596)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Kenya Hippotragus gigas (21398 21420 21504)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Kenya Hippotragus gigas (21367 21496)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0South Africa Hippotragus gigas (21711 22231)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Tanzania Hippotragus gigas (22614 22626 22627)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Algeria Hippotragus gigas (22584)