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Tragelaphus angasii (nyala)

Mammalia - Bovidae

Taxonomy
Tragelaphus angasii was named by Gray (1849). It is extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Tragelaphus angasii Gray
1975Tragelaphus angasi Lobão Tello and Van Gelder p. 321
1999Tragelaphus angasii Hassanin and Douzery p. 893
2008Tragelaphus angasii Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 980 figs. Fig. 5

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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
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
Ruminantiamorpha
Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
Pecora()
familyBovidae
subfamilyBovinae(Gray 1821)
tribeTragelaphiniBlyth 1863
genusTragelaphusde Blainville 1816
speciesangasiiGray 1849

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.

Tragelaphus angasii Gray 1849 [nyala]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: browserg
Reproduction: viviparousf
Created: 2009-01-04 11:05:31
Modified: 2009-01-04 13:05:31
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, MacFadden et al. 1999

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Calabrian or 3.60000 to 0.77400 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588South Africa Tragelaphus angasi (22224)
Messinian - Piacenzian7.246 - 2.588South Africa (Cape) Tragelaphus angasi (59167)
Pliocene - Calabrian5.333 - 0.774South Africa Tragelaphus angasi (21791)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Malawi Tragelaphus angasi (22324 22327)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588South Africa Tragelaphus angasi (22340)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117South Africa Tragelaphus angasi (21825)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0South Africa Tragelaphus angasi (21949)