Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Alternative combinations: Antilope taurina, Connochaetes taurina, Gorgon taurinus
Belongs to Connochaetes according to D. Geraads et al. 2004
See also Gentry 2010, Van Niekerk and de V Pienaar 1962 and Vrba 1997
Sister taxa: Connochaetes gentryi, Connochaetes gnou, Connochaetes tournoueri, Oreonagor tournoueri
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Algeria (1 collection), the Congo-Kinshasa (1), Ethiopia (1), Kenya (13), Morocco (4), South Africa (4), Tanzania (18), Zambia (2)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Malawi (2)
• Pliocene of Malawi (1), South Africa (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of South Africa (1)
Total: 49 collections including 50 occurrences
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