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Taxonomy
Megalotragus was named by van Hoepen (1932). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Bovidae by Carroll (1988); and to Alcelaphina by Vrba (1997).
It was assigned to Bovidae by Carroll (1988); and to Alcelaphina by Vrba (1997).
Species
Synonymy list
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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. †Megalotragus van Hoepen 1932
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†Megalotragus atopocranion Pickford and Thomas 1984
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988 |
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Calabrian or 3.60000 to 0.78100 Ma
Collections (66 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Pliocene | Malawi | M. sp. (22271) | |
Pliocene - Calabrian | South Africa | M. sp. (21791) | |
Pliocene - Pleistocene | Malawi | M. isaaci (22324 22327) | |
Pliocene - Pleistocene | South Africa | M. sp. (207105) | |
Piacenzian | Kenya | M. sp. (21425 21459 21479 21484 21485) | |
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene | Kenya | M. sp. (21290) | |
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene | Kenya (Rift Valley) | M. sp. (21289 21292 21359) | |
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene | South Africa | M. sp. (22334) | |
Gelasian | Kenya (Rift Valley) | M. sp. (21280 21282 21283 21284 21301) | |
Gelasian | Kenya | M. isaaci (21376 21398 21404 21410 21420 21457 21461 21471 21474 21478 21503 21504) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | South Africa (Gauteng) | M. sp. (183152) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | South Africa | M. sp. (21824 95150) | |
Gelasian - Calabrian | Kenya (Rift Valley) | M. sp. (21350) | |
Gelasian - Calabrian | Kenya | M. isaaci (21367 21370 21396 21402 21445 21448 21452 21454 21458 21464 21502 21515 32051) M. sp. (22342) | |
Pleistocene | South Africa | M. sp. (21825 21828 21829) | |
Pleistocene | Kenya | M. sp. (38039) | |
Pleistocene - Holocene | Tanzania | M. sp. (22189) | |
Pleistocene - Holocene | South Africa | M. eucornutus (21711) | |
Calabrian | Kenya | M. isaaci (21368 21403 21520 32058 32087) | |
Calabrian | Kenya (Rift Valley) | M. sp. (21294 21296 21297 21343 21347) |