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Damalops

Osteichthyes - Bovidae

Taxonomy
Damalops was named by Pilgrim (1939). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Bovidae by Carroll (1988); and to Alcelaphina by Vrba (1997).

Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by L. van den Hoek Ostende on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Damalops Pilgrim
1988Damalops Carroll
1997Damalops Vrba p. 135

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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()
suborderRuminantiaScopoli 1777
Pecora()
superfamilyBovoidea
familyBovidae
subfamilyAntilopinae(Gray 1821)
tribeAlcelaphiniBrookes 1876
subtribeAlcelaphina
genusDamalopsPilgrim 1939

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. †Damalops Pilgrim 1939
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Damalops palaeindicus Falconer 1859
Damalops sidihakomai 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 12:01:17
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999

Age range: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.77400 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Ethiopia D. sidihakomai (22131)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Tajikistan D. palaeindicus (34444)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Ethiopia D. sp. (21608 21762 21768 21783 21785)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.774India (Punjab) D. palaeindicus (236043)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Pakistan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) D. palaeindicus (188674)