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Makapania

Osteichthyes - Bovidae

Taxonomy
Makapania was named by Wells and Cooke (1957). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Bovidae by Carroll (1988); and to Ovibovini by Gentry (2010).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Makapania Wells and Cooke
1988Makapania Carroll
2010Makapania Gentry p. 792

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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
subfamilyCaprinae
tribeOvibovini
genusMakapaniaWells and Cooke 1957

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. †Makapania Wells and Cooke 1957
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Makapania broomi Wells and Cooke 1956
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: 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 (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene - Calabrian5.333 - 0.774South Africa M. broomi (21791)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58South Africa M. broomi (22340)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774South Africa M. sp. (21824)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774South Africa M. broomi (21822)