Knowledge (XXG)

Beatragus antiquus

Source 📝

57: 44: 283:. The ancient hirola probably declined as a result of diminished habitat preferences, and the modern species, with its smaller size and less energy demands, eventually evolved to cope with the new ecologically impoverished landscape. 263:. Other differences with the hirola include horn cores diverging immediately from their bases, a lessening of distal divergence, more upright insertions in side view and wider and more convex frontals of the horn cores. 454: 523: 513: 508: 389: 364: 339: 309: 518: 56: 240: 445: 407: 480: 162: 51: 485: 467: 385: 360: 335: 305: 472: 271:
It lived in vast savannas alongside other alcelaphine antelopes, such as a small species of
209: 502: 260: 228: 244: 224: 201: 181: 128: 43: 430: 439: 279: 108: 34: 332:
East African Mammals: An Atlas of Evolution in Africa, Volume 3, Part D: Bovids
273: 236: 138: 68: 382:
Mammals of Africa: Volume VI Hippopotamuses, Pigs, Deer, Giraffe and Bovids
424: 232: 88: 30: 459: 118: 256: 205: 98: 78: 401: 235:. Other remains dated slightly earlier have also been found in the 405: 414: 255:The ancient hirola was larger than the modern day 355:Werdelin, Lars; Sanders, William Joseph (2010). 359:. University of California Press. p. 782. 8: 334:. University of Chicago Press. p. 477. 402: 42: 20: 325: 323: 321: 227:in 1965 from material discovered at the 292: 259:, and the two together may represent a 384:. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 490. 7: 14: 55: 304:. Cambridge University Press. 1: 524:Pleistocene mammals of Africa 200:, is an extinct species of 16:Extinct species of antelope 540: 380:Kingdon, Jonathan (2014). 357:Cenozoic Mammals of Africa 330:Kingdon, Jonathan (1984). 168: 161: 52:Scientific classification 50: 41: 23: 514:Pleistocene Artiodactyla 509:Prehistoric Artiodactyla 302:Olduvai Gorge: Volume 1 300:Leakey, L.S.B. (1965). 223:was first described by 481:Paleobiology Database 29:Temporal range: Late 202:alcelaphine antelope 231:(Beds I and II) in 519:Prehistoric bovids 446:Beatragus antiquus 416:Beatragus antiquus 221:Beatragus antiquus 193:Beatragus antiquus 175:Beatragus antiquus 25:Beatragus antiquus 496: 495: 468:Open Tree of Life 408:Taxon identifiers 189: 188: 531: 489: 488: 476: 475: 463: 462: 450: 449: 448: 435: 434: 433: 403: 396: 395: 377: 371: 370: 352: 346: 345: 327: 316: 315: 297: 239:and possibly at 210:Plio-Pleistocene 177: 173: 154:B. antiquus 60: 59: 46: 21: 539: 538: 534: 533: 532: 530: 529: 528: 499: 498: 497: 492: 484: 479: 471: 466: 458: 453: 444: 443: 438: 429: 428: 423: 410: 400: 399: 392: 379: 378: 374: 367: 354: 353: 349: 342: 329: 328: 319: 312: 299: 298: 294: 289: 269: 253: 218: 185: 179: 171: 170: 157: 54: 37: 27: 17: 12: 11: 5: 537: 535: 527: 526: 521: 516: 511: 501: 500: 494: 493: 491: 490: 477: 464: 451: 436: 420: 418: 412: 411: 406: 398: 397: 390: 372: 365: 347: 340: 317: 310: 291: 290: 288: 285: 268: 265: 252: 249: 217: 214: 204:that lived in 198:ancient hirola 187: 186: 180: 166: 165: 159: 158: 150: 148: 144: 143: 136: 132: 131: 126: 122: 121: 116: 112: 111: 106: 102: 101: 96: 92: 91: 86: 82: 81: 76: 72: 71: 66: 62: 61: 48: 47: 39: 38: 28: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 536: 525: 522: 520: 517: 515: 512: 510: 507: 506: 504: 487: 482: 478: 474: 469: 465: 461: 456: 452: 447: 441: 437: 432: 426: 422: 421: 419: 417: 413: 409: 404: 393: 391:9781408189955 387: 383: 376: 373: 368: 366:9780520257214 362: 358: 351: 348: 343: 341:9780226437255 337: 333: 326: 324: 322: 318: 313: 307: 303: 296: 293: 286: 284: 282: 281: 276: 275: 266: 264: 262: 261:chronospecies 258: 250: 248: 246: 242: 241:Elandsfontein 238: 234: 230: 229:Olduvai Gorge 226: 222: 215: 213: 211: 207: 203: 199: 195: 194: 183: 178: 176: 167: 164: 163:Binomial name 160: 156: 155: 149: 146: 145: 142: 141: 137: 134: 133: 130: 127: 124: 123: 120: 117: 114: 113: 110: 107: 104: 103: 100: 97: 94: 93: 90: 87: 84: 83: 80: 77: 74: 73: 70: 67: 64: 63: 58: 53: 49: 45: 40: 36: 32: 26: 22: 19: 415: 381: 375: 356: 350: 331: 301: 295: 278: 272: 270: 267:Paleoecology 254: 245:South Africa 225:Louis Leakey 220: 219: 197: 192: 191: 190: 174: 169: 153: 152: 139: 129:Alcelaphinae 109:Artiodactyla 24: 18: 440:Wikispecies 280:Parmularius 251:Description 208:during the 125:Subfamily: 35:Pleistocene 503:Categories 311:052105527X 287:References 274:Damaliscus 237:Omo valley 431:Q21350684 216:Discovery 147:Species: 140:Beatragus 75:Kingdom: 69:Eukaryota 425:Wikidata 233:Tanzania 115:Family: 99:Mammalia 89:Chordata 85:Phylum: 79:Animalia 65:Domain: 33:- Early 31:Pliocene 473:7655484 460:9142053 172:† 151:† 135:Genus: 119:Bovidae 105:Order: 95:Class: 486:374717 388:  363:  338:  308:  257:hirola 206:Africa 196:, the 184:, 1965 182:Leakey 455:GBIF 386:ISBN 361:ISBN 336:ISBN 306:ISBN 277:and 243:in 505:: 483:: 470:: 457:: 442:: 427:: 320:^ 247:. 212:. 394:. 369:. 344:. 314:.

Index

Pliocene
Pleistocene

Scientific classification
Edit this classification
Eukaryota
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Artiodactyla
Bovidae
Alcelaphinae
Beatragus
Binomial name
Leakey
alcelaphine antelope
Africa
Plio-Pleistocene
Louis Leakey
Olduvai Gorge
Tanzania
Omo valley
Elandsfontein
South Africa
hirola
chronospecies
Damaliscus
Parmularius
ISBN
052105527X

Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.