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Beatragus (hirola)

Osteichthyes - Bovidae

Taxonomy
Beatragus was named by Heller (1912). It is extant.

It was assigned to Bovidae by Carroll (1988); to Alcelaphina by Vrba (1997); to Alcelaphinae by Grubb (2001), Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008), Gentry (2010); and to Alcelaphini by Calamari (2021).

Species
B. antiquus, B. hunteri, B. whitei
Species lacking formal opinion data
B. antiquus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1912Beatragus Heller
1988Beatragus Carroll
1997Beatragus Vrba p. 158
2001Beatragus Grubb p. 380
2008Beatragus Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 979 figs. Fig. 5
2010Beatragus Gentry p. 788
2021Beatragus Calamari

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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
subfamilyAntilopinae(Gray 1821)
tribeAlcelaphiniBrookes 1876
genusBeatragusHeller 1912

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.

G. Beatragus Heller 1912 [hirola]
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†Beatragus antiquus Leakey 1965
Beatragus hunteri Sclater 1889
†Beatragus whitei Vrba 1997
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 17:01:17
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Calabrian or 5.33300 to 0.77400 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.58 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Ethiopia (Afar) Beatragus whitei (70907)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Ethiopia Beatragus antiquus (22164)
Zanclean - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Ethiopia Beatragus antiquus (22167) Beatragus whitei (22197)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Ethiopia Beatragus antiquus (21987)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Kenya Beatragus antiquus (21503)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774South Africa Beatragus sp. (21824)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.58 - 0.774Ethiopia (Ethiopian Rift) Beatragus sp. (22491)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.58 - 0.774Kenya Beatragus antiquus (21367 21402 21458 21462 21476)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117South Africa Beatragus sp. (21825 21828 21829)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Djibouti Beatragus sp. (22487)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0South Africa Beatragus sp. (21711)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Kenya Beatragus antiquus (21403 21520) Beatragus hunteri (21447)