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Beatragus (hirola)

Mammalia - Bovidae

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

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

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

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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
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Ruminantiamorpha
—Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
—Pecora()
familyBovidae
subfamilyAntilopinaeGray 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 12:01:17
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1999, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.78100 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.588 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Ethiopia (Afar) Beatragus whitei (70907)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Ethiopia Beatragus antiquus (22164)
Zanclean - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Ethiopia Beatragus antiquus (22167) Beatragus whitei (22197)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Morocco Beatragus antiquus (32052)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Ethiopia Beatragus antiquus (21987)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Kenya Beatragus antiquus (21503)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781South Africa Beatragus sp. (21824)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Kenya Beatragus antiquus (21367 21402 21458 21462 21476)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Ethiopia (Ethiopian Rift) Beatragus sp. (22491)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117South Africa Beatragus sp. (21825 21828 21829)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Djibouti Beatragus sp. (22487)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0South Africa Beatragus sp. (21711)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Kenya Beatragus antiquus (21403 21520) Beatragus hunteri (21447)