Parmularius
Appearance
Parmularius Temporal range: Pliocene - Pleistocene
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Bovidae |
Subfamily: | Antilopinae |
Tribe: | Alcelaphini |
Genus: | †Parmularius Hopwood, 1934 |
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Parmularius is a genus of large extinct African alcelaphines from the Pliocene and Pleistocene. It is a close relative of topi and hartebeest. One species is noticeable by its long, weakly curved horns.[1][2]
References
[edit]- ^ Charles Kimberlin Brain (1981), The Hunters Or the Hunted?: Introduction to African Cave Taphonomy, University of Chicago Press, ISBN 978-0-226-07089-6
- ^ Hopwood, 1934 : New fossil Mammals from Olduvai, Tanganyika Territory. Annals & Magazine of Natural History Series, vol. 10, 14 p. 546-550.