Damalops
Damalops Temporal range: Pliocene – Pleistocene
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Damalops palaeindicus | |
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Bovidae |
Subfamily: | Alcelaphinae |
Genus: | †Damalops |
Damalops is an extinct genus of Alcelaphinae. It lived during the Pliocene and Pleistocene in southern Asia, where the species Damalops palaeindicus is known from the Siwaliks in the northern part of the Indian Subcontinent.[1]
References[]
- ^ Vrba, E. S. (1979). "Phylogenetic analysis and classification of fossil and recent Alcelaphini Mammalia: Bovidae". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 11 (3): 207. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8312.1979.tb00035.x.
Categories:
- Alcelaphinae
- Prehistoric bovids
- Pliocene even-toed ungulates
- Pleistocene even-toed ungulates
- Pliocene first appearances
- Pleistocene genus extinctions
- Cenozoic mammals of Asia
- Prehistoric even-toed ungulate genera
- Prehistoric even-toed ungulate stubs