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Ovibovini

Mammalia - Bovidae

Taxonomy
Ovibovini is a tribe. It is extant.

It was assigned to Caprinae by Grubb (2001) and Gentry (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Ovibovini Grubb p. 384
2010Ovibovini Gentry p. 792

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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
subfamilyCaprinae
tribeOvibovini
tribeOvibovini

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.

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G. †Makapania Wells and Cooke 1957
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Makapania broomi Wells and Cooke 1956
G. †Nitidarcus Vrba 1997
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Nitidarcus asfawi Vrba 1997
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 1999, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Vallesian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 11.60800 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Vallesian11.608 - 8.7Iraq Ovibovini indet. (41735)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene11.608 - 0.781Spain (Castellón) Ovibovini indet. (183092)
Messinian - Piacenzian7.246 - 2.588South Africa (Cape) Ovibovini indet. (59167)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6South Africa Ovibovini indet. (22221 22222)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Kenya Ovibovini indet. (22234)
Pliocene - Calabrian5.333 - 0.781South Africa Makapania broomi (21791)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588South Africa Makapania broomi (22340)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781China (Hebei) Ovibovini indet. (231023)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Spain (Castellon) Ovibovini indet. (34929)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Greece (Thessaly) Ovibovini indet. (34614)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Ethiopia Ovibovini indet. (21555 21632)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Spain (Murcia) Ovibovini indet. (34911)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781France (Alpes Maritimes) O. sp. (50342)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Italy (Foggia) Ovibovini indet. (41007)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Russian Federation (Western Transbaikalia) Ovibovini indet. (40266)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781South Africa Makapania sp. (21824)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Ethiopia Nitidarcus asfawi (22166)
Calabrian1.806 - 0.781South Africa Makapania broomi (21822)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (California) Ovibovini indet. (26548)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.126 - 0.0117Canada (Yukon) Ovibovini indet. (20626 20627)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Ovibovini indet. (103358)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Tennessee) Ovibovini indet., O. sp. (63424)