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Alcelaphus (hartebeest)

Mammalia - Bovidae

Taxonomy
Alcelaphus was named by Blainville (1816). 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) and Gentry (2010); and to Alcelaphini by Calamari (2021).

Species
A. buselaphus, A. cokii, A. kattwinkeli, A. lichtensteinii
Species lacking formal opinion data
A. coama, A. lichtensteini

Synonyms
  • Bubalis was named by Goldfuss (1820). It is extant.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Alcelaphus by Grubb (2001).

    It was assigned to Bovidae by Lichtenstein (1814).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1814Bubalis Lichtenstein
1816Alcelaphus Blainville
1820Bubalis Goldfuss
1988Alcelaphus Carroll
1997Alcelaphus Vrba p. 143
2001Alcelaphus Grubb p. 380
2008Alcelaphus Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 979 figs. Fig. 5
2010Alcelaphus Gentry p. 786
2021Alcelaphus Calamari

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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
tribeAlcelaphiniBrookes 1876
genusAlcelaphusBlainville 1816

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. Alcelaphus Blainville 1816 [hartebeest]
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Alcelaphus buselaphus Pallas 1766 [hartebeest]
Alcelaphus cokii Günther 1884 [Coke's hartebeest]
†Alcelaphus kattwinkeli Scwarz 1932
Invalid names: Bubalis Goldfuss 1820 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: grazerg
Reproduction: viviparousf
Comments: based on Walker (1975)g
Created: 2009-01-04 10:59:50
Modified: 2009-01-04 13:00:27
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Nowak 1999, MacFadden et al. 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 3.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.588 Ma

Collections (148 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Malawi (Northern) Megalotragus kattwinkeli (226065)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Malawi Alcelaphus sp., Megalotragus kattwinkeli (22559)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Ethiopia (Afar) Megalotragus kattwinkeli (70907)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Ethiopia Alcelaphus sp. (22568)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117South Africa Alcelaphus sp. (21960)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Malawi Megalotragus kattwinkeli (22323)
Zanclean - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Ethiopia Megalotragus kattwinkeli (22197)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588South Africa Alcelaphus robustus (22340)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Ethiopia Megalotragus kattwinkeli (21566 21680 22016)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Tanzania Megalotragus kattwinkeli (22596)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Algeria (Northern Algeria) Alcelaphus sp. (197944)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Kenya Alcelaphus sp. (38039) Megalotragus kattwinkeli (22268 22269 22270)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Morocco Alcelaphus buselaphus (22489)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Libya Alcelaphus buselaphus (21864)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Israel Alcelaphus sp. (34043 39252)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Tanzania (Serengeti Park) Alcelaphus sp. (22576)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Egypt (Kom Ombo Plain) Alcelaphus buselaphus (22508 22509 22510 22511 22512 22513 22516 22518 22523 22524 22526 22530 22531 22541 22544 22545)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117South Africa Alcelaphus buselaphus (21695 21916 21929) Alcelaphus sp. (115191)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Djibouti Megalotragus kattwinkeli (22483)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Egypt Alcelaphus buselaphus (21853 21885 21886 21887 21888 21890 21891 21892 21898 21899 21901 21905 21906 60522)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Libya Alcelaphus buselaphus (21865 21884)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Egypt (Kom Ombo Plain) Alcelaphus buselaphus (22529 22532 22533 22534 22535 22536 22538 22539 22540 22542 22543)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Alcelaphus buselaphus (22098) Alcelaphus lichtensteini (22110)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0South Africa (Orange Free) Alcelaphus buselaphus (21868)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0South Africa Alcelaphus buselaphus (21948 21949 21950 21952) Alcelaphus sp. (21951 21957)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Swaziland Alcelaphus sp. (21925)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Ethiopia Alcelaphus buselaphus (22168) Megalotragus kattwinkeli (22166)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Morocco Alcelaphus sp. (21856 21857 21859)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Tanzania Alcelaphus buselaphus (22194)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Zambia Alcelaphus sp. (21924)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Tanzania (Serengeti Park) Alcelaphus buselaphus (22548)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Kenya Alcelaphus sp. (21833)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774South Africa Alcelaphus buselaphus (21923) Alcelaphus sp. (21961)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Tanzania Megalotragus kattwinkeli (21968 21970 22337 22626 22627)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Tanzania (Lake Natron Basin) Megalotragus kattwinkeli (22552 22558 22577 22583)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129South Africa Alcelaphus buselaphus (115188)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Kenya Alcelaphus sp. (22276) Alcelaphus sp., Alcelaphus buselaphus (22272)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Ethiopia Alcelaphus buselaphus (22134 22177)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Kenya (Athi-Kapiti) Alcelaphus buselaphus (32119 32126)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Kenya (Athi-Kapiti Plains) Alcelaphus buselaphus (32090 32113 32138)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Kenya (Athi-Kapiti plains) Alcelaphus buselaphus (32115 32124)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Kenya (Athi-Kapiti Plain) Alcelaphus buselaphus (32093)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117South Africa Alcelaphus buselaphus (113858) Alcelaphus coama (96974)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Congo-Kinshasa Alcelaphus lelwell (22065)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117South Africa Alcelaphus buselaphus (115167)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0South Africa Alcelaphus buselaphus (21922)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Swaziland Alcelaphus sp. (21927 21955)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Sudan Alcelaphus buselaphus (21903 21904)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa Alcelaphus buselaphus (21862 21866 21918 21940 21946)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Zambia Alcelaphus buselaphus (21894)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Alcelaphus buselaphus (22067 22068)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Egypt Alcelaphus buselaphus (21878)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Kenya Alcelaphus buselaphus (21933 21934 21936 21937 21938 22310)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tanzania Alcelaphus buselaphus (21690)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Cote D'Ivoire Alcelaphus buselaphus (21692)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa (Orange Free) Alcelaphus buselaphus (21861 21897 21909 21911 21912 21941 21943 21944 21947)