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Taxonomy
Gazella was named by Blaineville (1816). It is extant.
It was reranked as Cerophorus (Gazella) by de Blainville (1816).
It was assigned to Cerophorus by de Blainville (1816); to Antilopinae by Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008); to Bovidae by Carroll (1988), Theodorou et al. (2003), Kostopoulos (2016), Geraads (2017) and Böhme et al. (2017); and to Antilopini by Hassanin and Douzery (1999), Grubb (2001), Hassanin and Douzery (2003), Gentry (2010) and Calamari (2021).
It was reranked as Cerophorus (Gazella) by de Blainville (1816).
It was assigned to Cerophorus by de Blainville (1816); to Antilopinae by Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008); to Bovidae by Carroll (1988), Theodorou et al. (2003), Kostopoulos (2016), Geraads (2017) and Böhme et al. (2017); and to Antilopini by Hassanin and Douzery (1999), Grubb (2001), Hassanin and Douzery (2003), Gentry (2010) and Calamari (2021).
Species
G. altidens, G. atlantica, G. bennettii, G. bondi, G. cuvieri, G. dorcadoides, G. dorcas, G. dracula, G. emilii, G. gaudryi, G. gazella, G. jenenschi, G. kohllarseni, G. leptoceros, G. lydekkeri, G. marica, G. mytilinii, G. palaeosinensis, G. paotehensis, G. pilgrimi, G. pomeli, G. praegaudryi, G. praethomsoni, G. psolea, G. rufina, G. saudilla, G. setifensis, G. sinensis, G. spekei, G. subgutturosa, G. thomasi, G. tingitana
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1816 | Gazella Blaineville |
| 1816 | Cerophorus (Gazella) de Blainville p. 74 |
| 1988 | Gazella Carroll |
| 1999 | Gazella Hassanin and Douzery p. 893 |
| 2001 | Gazella Grubb p. 378 |
| 2003 | Gazella Hassanin and Douzery p. 212 |
| 2003 | Gazella Theodorou et al. |
| 2008 | Gazella Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 979 figs. Fig. 5 |
| 2010 | Gazella Gentry p. 760 |
| 2016 | Gazella Kostopoulos |
| 2017 | Gazella Böhme et al. |
| 2017 | Gazella Geraads |
| 2021 | Gazella Calamari |
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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. Gazella Blaineville 1816 [gazelle]
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†Gazella altidens Schlosser 1903
†Gazella atlantica Bourguignat 1870
Gazella bennettii Sykes 1831
†Gazella bondi Cooke and Wells 1951
Gazella cuvieri Ogilby 1841 [Cuvier's gazelle]
†Gazella dorcadoides Schlosser 1903
Gazella dorcas Linnaeus 1758 [Dorcas gazelle]
†Gazella dracula Geraads 1981
†Gazella emilii Bouvrain 1998
†Gazella gaudryi Schlosser 1904
Gazella gazella Pallas 1766
†Gazella jenenschi Dietrich 1950
†Gazella kohllarseni Dietrich 1950
Gazella leptoceros Cuvier 1842
†Gazella lydekkeri Pilgrim 1937
Gazella marica Thomas 1897 [sand gazelle]
†Gazella mytilinii Pilgrim 1926
†Gazella palaeosinensis Schlosser 1903
†Gazella paotehensis Teilhard de Chardin and Young 1931
†Gazella pilgrimi Bohlin 1935
†Gazella pomeli Arambourg 1979
†Gazella praegaudryi Arambourg 1959
†Gazella praethomsoni Arambourg 1947
†Gazella psolea Geraads and Amani 1998
†Gazella rufina Thomas 1894
Gazella saudilla Caruthers and Schwartz 1935
†Gazella setifensis Pomel 1895
†Gazella sinensis Teilhard de Chardin and Piveteau 1930
Gazella spekei Blythe 1863
Gazella subgutturosa Güldenstädt 1780
†Gazella thomasi Pomel 1895
†Gazella tingitana Arambourg 1957
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Langhian to the top of the Holocene or 15.97000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 13.82 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 13.82 Ma
Collections (398 total)
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| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miocene | France (Vaucluse) | Gazella deperdita (201497 201500) | |
| Miocene - Pliocene | South Africa | Gazella praethomsoni (22229) Gazella sp. (22228) | |
| Miocene - Pleistocene | Ethiopia | Gazella janenschi (22128) | |
| Miocene - Pleistocene | South Africa | Gazella sp. (22230) | |
| Langhian | Kenya | Gazella sp. (22071 22082) | |
| Langhian | Kenya (Nyanza) | Gazella sp. (21339) | |
| Middle Miocene | Pakistan (Punjab) | Gazella lydekkeri (13472) | |
| Middle Miocene | Saudi Arabia | Gazella sp. (41818) | |
| Middle Miocene | Pakistan (Chakwal) | Gazella lydekkeri (225195) | |
| Middle Miocene | Greece (Aegean) | Gazella stehlini (182752) | |
| Middle Miocene - Tortonian | Pakistan (Minanwali) | Gazella sp. (13489) | |
| Serravallian | Ukraine | Gazella sp. (75789) | |
| Serravallian | Ukraine (Cherson) | Gazella sp. (60256) | |
| Serravallian | Kenya (Central Nyanza) | Gazella sp. (21340) | |
| Serravallian | Ukraine (Odessa) | Gazella brevicornis (75786) | |
| Serravallian - Tortonian | Tunisia | Gazella sp. (118015 118016) | |
| Serravallian - Tortonian | Tunisia (Gafsa) | Gazella sp. (35277 35281) | |
| Sarmatian | Ukraine (Crimea) | Gazella sp. (60252) | |
| Sarmatian | Russian Federation | Gazella sp. (73903) | |
| Sarmatian - Pliocene | Ukraine | Gazella sp. (76288) | |