Nitidarcus Vrba 1997 (antelope)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Bovidae

Full reference: E. S. Vrba. 1997. New fossils of Alcelaphini and Caprinae (Bovidae: Mammalia) from Awash, Ethiopia, and phylogenetic analysis of Alcelaphini. Palaeontologia Africana 34:127-198

Parent taxon: Ovibovini according to A. W. Gentry 2010

See also Vrba 1997

Sister taxon: Makapania

Subtaxa: Nitidarcus asfawi

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Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

Distribution: found only at Middle Awash - Bouri (Quaternary of Ethiopia)

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