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Neotragini

Mammalia - Bovidae

Taxonomy
Neotragini was named by Sclater and Thomas (1894). It was considered polyphyletic by Hassanin and Douzery (1999).

It was assigned to Bovidae by Abbazzi et al. (2008); and to Antilopinae by Hassanin and Douzery (1999), Grubb (2001) and Gentry (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Neotragini Sclater and Thomas
1999Neotragini Hassanin and Douzery p. 893
2001Neotragini Grubb p. 377
2008Neotragini Abbazzi et al. p. 437
2010Neotragini Gentry p. 758

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Ruminantiamorpha
—Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
—Pecora()
familyBovidae
subfamilyAntilopinaeGray 1821
tribeNeotraginiSclater and Thomas 1894
tribeNeotraginiSclater and Thomas 1894

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Tr. †Neotragini Sclater and Thomas 1894
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G. Dorcatragus Noack 1894
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G. Madoqua Ogilby 1837 [dikdik]
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Madoqua guentheri Thomas 1894 [Gunther's dik-dik]
Madoqua kirkii Gunther 1880
Madoqua phillipsi Thomas 1894
G. Neotragus Hamilton Smith 1827
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Neotragus moschatus Von Dueben 1846 [suni]
Neotragus pygmaeus Linnaeus 1758 [royal antelope]
Invalid names: Tragulus Boddaert 1785 [synonym], Tragulus Pallas 1767 [synonym]
G. Oreotragus Smith 1834 [klipspringer]
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Oreotragus oreotragus Zimmermann 1783 [klipspringer]
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†Ourebia ourebi Zimmerman 1783 [oribi]
G. Raphicerus Smith 1827
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†Raphicerus campestris Thunberg 1811 [steenbok]
Raphicerus melanotis Thunberg 1811 [Cape grysbok]
†Raphicerus paralius Gentry 1980
Raphicerus sharpei Thomas 1897 [Sharpe's grysbok]
G. †Tyrrhenotragus Thomas 1984
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†Tyrrhenotragus gracillimus Weithofer 1888
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: grazerf
Diet 2: browserf
Reproduction: viviparousf
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-09-22 12:01:17
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Turolian to the top of the Holocene or 8.70000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 7.246 Ma

Collections (145 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588South Africa Oreotragus sp. (22220) Raphicerus sp. (22229)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Italy Neotragini indet., Tyrrhenotragus gracillimus (92904)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Italy (Tuscany) Tyrrhenotragus sp. (190848)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Kenya Madoqua sp., Raphicerus sp. (22241)
Tortonian - Zanclean11.62 - 3.6Ethiopia Madoqua sp., Raphicerus sp. (22139)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Algeria Neotragini indet. (34642)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Italy (Toscany) Tyrrhenotragus gracillimus (36113)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Italy Tyrrhenotragus gracilimus (92423) Tyrrhenotragus gracillimus (92422)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Kenya Madoqua sp. (22307) Neotragini indet. (22275 22316)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Kenya Madoqua sp. (22242)
Messinian - Piacenzian7.246 - 2.588Kenya Madoqua sp. (22237)
Messinian - Piacenzian7.246 - 2.588South Africa (Cape) Madoqua sp., Raphicerus sp. (59167)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6South Africa Raphicerus paralius (22221 22222) Raphicerus sp. (100313) Raphicerus sp., Raphicerus paralius (22227)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Ethiopia Neotragini indet. (22160)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Kenya Madoqua sp., Raphicerus sp. (22234)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Kenya Madoqua sp. (22321)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Tanzania (Eastern Drift Valley) Raphicerus sp. (32050)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.588Kenya Madoqua sp., Raphicerus sp. (22235) Raphicerus sp. (22239)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Malawi Madoqua sp. (22323)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117South Africa Oreotragus minor (21960) Oreotragus sp. (207105)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588South Africa Oreotragus major (22340)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588South Africa (Langebaanweg) Raphicerus sp. (21713)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Tanzania Raphicerus sp. (21793 21800 21806 21811)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Ethiopia Raphicerus sp. (21783 21785 22347)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117South Africa Raphicerus sp. (22334)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Ethiopia Neotragini indet. (21552 21575 21632 21643 21657)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Kenya Raphicerus sp. (21461)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Tanzania Raphicerus sp. (21804)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781South Africa Oreotragus major, Raphicerus campestris, Oreotragus oreotragus (21824) Oreotragus sp. (95150) Raphicerus campestris (21827)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781South Africa (Gauteng) Oreotragus sp., Raphicerus sp. (183152)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Kenya Madoqua sp., Raphicerus sp. (21367) Raphicerus sp. (21370 21396)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117South Africa (Orange Free) Raphicerus campestris (21867)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Kenya Madoqua sp. (21963)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117South Africa Oreotragus major, Raphicerus sp., Ourebia ourebi, Raphicerus campestris, Oreotragus oreotragus (21825) Ourebia ourebi, Raphicerus melanotis (21916) Raphicerus campestris (21829 21956) Raphicerus campestris, Oreotragus oreotragus (21828) Raphicerus campestris, Raphicerus melanotis, Oreotragus oreotragus (21929) Raphicerus melanotis (21931 21953) Raphicerus sp. (21915 21954) Raphicerus sp., Raphicerus campestris (115205) Raphicerus sp., Raphicerus campestris, Raphicerus melanotis, Oreotragus oreotragus (21695 115191)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Ourebia ourebi, Neotragus batesi, Oreotragus oreotragus (22074)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Swaziland Raphicerus sharpei, Raphicerus campestris, Oreotragus oreotragus (21925)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0South Africa Ourebia ourebi, Raphicerus campestris, Oreotragus oreotragus (21949) Raphicerus campestris, Oreotragus oreotragus (21957) Raphicerus campestris, Raphicerus melanotis, Oreotragus oreotragus (21950 21951) Raphicerus sp. (21711 22231) Raphicerus sp., Oreotragus oreotragus (21948 21952)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Tanzania (Serengeti Park) Madoqua sp. (22548)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0South Africa (Orange Free) Raphicerus campestris, Oreotragus oreotragus (21868)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Zambia Ourebia ourebi (21854) Raphicerus sharpei (21924)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774South Africa Oreotragus major (21822)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Kenya Madoqua sp. (21276 21277) Ourebia sp. (22272)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117South Africa Raphicerus sp., Raphicerus campestris, Raphicerus melanotis, Oreotragus oreotragus (115167)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Kenya (Athi-Kapiti) Madoqua kirki, Ourebia ourebi, Raphicerus campestris, Oreotragus oreotragus (32119) Ourebia ourebi, Raphicerus campestris (32126)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117South Africa (Namaqualand) Raphicerus campestris (51187)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117South Africa Raphicerus campestris (115184) Raphicerus campestris, Raphicerus melanotis (90070) Raphicerus sp. (21709 96974 113858 115225)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Kenya (Athi-Kapiti Plain) Madoqua kirki (32093)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Congo-Kinshasa Ourebia ourebi (22066)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Kenya (Athi-Kapiti Plains) Madoqua kirki (32090) Ourebia ourebi, Raphicerus campestris (32138) Ourebia ourebi, Raphicerus campestris, Oreotragus oreotragus (32113)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Kenya (Athi-Kapiti plains) Madoqua kirki, Ourebia ourebi, Raphicerus campestris, Oreotragus oreotragus (32124) Ourebia ourebi (32125) Ourebia ourebi, Raphicerus campestris, Oreotragus oreotragus (32115)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0South Africa Raphicerus campestris (21922)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Sudan Ourebia ourebi (21903 21904 208786 208787)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa Ourebia ourebi, Raphicerus melanotis (21917) Raphicerus campestris (21866) Raphicerus campestris, Oreotragus oreotragus (21896 21940 21946) Raphicerus melanotis (21918) Raphicerus melanotis, Oreotragus oreotragus (21930) Raphicerus sp. (21921 96973) Raphicerus sp., Oreotragus oreotragus (21862)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa (N. Transraal) Raphicerus campestris (21693)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa (Orange Free) Raphicerus campestris (21897 21908 21909 21912 21942 21943 21944 21945 21947) Raphicerus campestris, Oreotragus oreotragus (21911)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Kenya Madoqua sp. (21935) Madoqua sp., Raphicerus campestris (21938) Raphicerus campestris (21933 21934)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Ourebia ourebi (22068) Ourebia ourebi, Neotragus batesi (22073) Ourebia sp. (22083 22093 22113)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Zambia Oreotragus oreotragus (21894) Ourebia ourebi, Raphicerus sharpei (21895)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tanzania Madoqua kirki, Ourebia ourebi, Raphicerus campestris, Oreotragus oreotragus (21690)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Swaziland Ourebia ourebi, Raphicerus sharpei, Oreotragus oreotragus (21927) Ourebia ourebi, Raphicerus sharpei, Raphicerus campestris, Oreotragus oreotragus (21955)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Cote D'Ivoire Ourebia ourebi (21692)