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Ugandax

Mammalia - Bovidae

Taxonomy
Ugandax was named by Cooke and Coryndon (1970). It is not extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Ugandax Cooke and Coryndon
1988Ugandax Carroll
2010Ugandax Gentry p. 753

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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
subfamilyBovinae(Gray 1821)
tribeBoviniGray 1821
genusUgandaxCooke and Coryndon 1970

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. †Ugandax Cooke and Coryndon 1970
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†Ugandax coryndonae Gentry 2006
†Ugandax demissum Gentry 1980
†Ugandax gautieri Cook and Coryndon 1970
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 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999

Age range: base of the Messinian to the top of the Gelasian or 7.24600 to 1.80600 Ma

Collections (28 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Uganda Simatherium demissum (22390 22400 22418 22425 22462)
Tortonian - Zanclean11.62 - 3.6Ethiopia Simatherium demissum (22139) U. sp., U. gautieri (22179)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333South Africa (Namaqualand) Simatherium demissum (51189)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6Uganda Simatherium demissum (22345)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Kenya U. sp. (22274)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Senegal Simatherium demissum (221108)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Ethiopia U. sp. (22174)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6South Africa Simatherium demissum (22221 22222 22227)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Uganda Simatherium demissum (22265)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Malawi (Northern) U. sp. (226065)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Malawi U. sp. (22324)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Ethiopia U. sp. (21783 21785 21786)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Kenya (Rift Valley) U. sp. (21280 21282 21283 21286 21342 21345 21353)