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Okapia (okapi)
Taxonomy
Okapia was named by Lankester (1901). It is extant.
It was assigned to Okapini by Hassanin and Douzery (2003); to Giraffidae by Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008); and to Okapiinae by Harris et al. (2010).
It was assigned to Okapini by Hassanin and Douzery (2003); to Giraffidae by Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008); and to Okapiinae by Harris et al. (2010).
Species
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1901 | Okapia Lankester |
2003 | Okapia Hassanin and Douzery p. 212 |
2008 | Okapia Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 974 figs. Fig. 5 |
2010 | Okapia Harris et al. p. 801 |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Nowak 1999, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 |
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Calabrian or 5.33300 to 0.77400 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.6 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.6 Ma
Collections (5 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Zanclean | Kenya (Turkana District) | Okapia sp. (21336) | |
Gelasian | Tanzania | Okapia sp. (22594) | |
Pleistocene - Holocene | Congo-Kinshasa | Okapia johnstoni (22074) | |
Calabrian | Tanzania | Okapia sp. (22617 22628) |