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Aepyceros (impala)

Mammalia - Bovidae

Taxonomy
Aepyceros was named by Sundevall (1847). It is extant.

It was assigned to Bovidae by Carroll (1988); to Aepycerotini by Hassanin and Douzery (1999) and Hassanin and Douzery (2003); to Aepycerotinae by Grubb (2001) and Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008); and to Antilopini by Gentry (2010).

Species
A. melampus, A. premelampus, A. shungurae
Species lacking formal opinion data
A. afarensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Aepyceros Sundevall
1988Aepyceros Carroll
1999Aepyceros Hassanin and Douzery p. 893
2001Aepyceros Grubb p. 380
2003Aepyceros Hassanin and Douzery p. 212
2008Aepyceros Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 979 figs. Fig. 5
2010Aepyceros Gentry p. 771

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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
subfamilyAntilopinaeGray 1821
tribeAepycerotiniGray 1872
genusAepycerosSundevall 1847

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.

G. Aepyceros Sundevall 1847 [impala]
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Aepyceros melampus Lichtenstein 1812 [impala]
†Aepyceros premelampus Harris 2003
†Aepyceros shungurae Gentry 1985
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

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: Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Messinian to the top of the Holocene or 7.24600 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.333 Ma

Collections (145 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Uganda Aepyceros sp. (22365 22371)
Miocene - Pleistocene23.03 - 0.0117Ethiopia Aepyceros sp. (22128)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Kenya Aepyceros premelampus (22241)
Tortonian - Zanclean11.62 - 3.6Kenya Aepyceros sp. (22236)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6Chad Aepyceros sp. (24181)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6Uganda Aepyceros sp. (22376)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Kenya Aepyceros sp. (22274 22275)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Kenya Aepyceros premelampus (22242)
Messinian - Piacenzian7.246 - 2.588Kenya Aepyceros premelampus (22237)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Tanzania Aepyceros sp. (22044 22045)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Kenya Aepyceros sp., Aepyceros afarensis (22234)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Ethiopia Aepyceros sp. (21737)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Malawi (Northern) Aepyceros sp. (226065)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Kenya Aepyceros sp. (22321)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.588Kenya Aepyceros premelampus (22235 22239)
Zanclean - Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Kenya Aepyceros sp. (22267 22283)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Malawi Aepyceros sp. (22324)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588South Africa Aepyceros melampus (22340)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Kenya (Rift Valley) Aepyceros sp. (21307 21308)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Kenya Aepyceros shungurae (21407 21425 21435 21480 21484 21485 21519 21536)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Ethiopia Aepyceros shungurae (21549 21608) Aepyceros sp. (21775 21783 21785)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Ethiopia (Afar) Aepyceros sp. (224654)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.806Kenya (Rift Valley) Aepyceros shungurae (21344)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.806Ethiopia (Afar) Aepyceros sp. (224657)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781Kenya (Rift Valley) Aepyceros melampus (21288 21289 21291 21292)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117Uganda Aepyceros melampus (22178)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Tanzania Aepyceros melampus (21805)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Ethiopia (Afar) Aepyceros sp. (224655)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Kenya Aepyceros melampus (21398 21410 21461 21471 21474 21503 21504) Aepyceros sp., Aepyceros melampus (21457)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Kenya (Rift Valley) Aepyceros melampus (21301 21304 21305 21342) Aepyceros shungurae (21280 21282 21283 21286 21345 21346 21353 21354 21355)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Ethiopia Aepyceros shungurae (21552 21621 21670 21680 21741 21742 21751 21986 22000 22006) Aepyceros sp. (21665 21668 21673)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Kenya Aepyceros melampus (21367 21378 21415 21421 21448 21454 21458 21462 21464 21467 21472 21496 21515 21532) Aepyceros sp. (32051) Aepyceros sp., Aepyceros melampus (21370 21402 21476)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Kenya (Rift Valley) Aepyceros melampus (21350)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Ethiopia (Ethiopian Rift) Aepyceros indet. (22494) Aepyceros melampus (22492) Aepyceros sp. (22493)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Djibouti Aepyceros sp. (22482 22487)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Kenya Aepyceros melampus (21963) Aepyceros sp. (21837 21844)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0South Africa Aepyceros melampus (21949 21957)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Swaziland Aepyceros melampus (21925)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Zambia Aepyceros melampus (21924)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Tanzania (Serengeti Park) Aepyceros melampus (22548)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Kenya Aepyceros melampus (21368 21403 21514) Aepyceros sp. (32058 32087)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Tanzania (Lake Natron Basin) Aepyceros melampus (22553 22558 22578 22583) Aepyceros sp. (22557 22582)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Kenya (Rift Valley) Aepyceros melampus (21294 21343 21347)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Tanzania Aepyceros sp., Aepyceros suara, Aepyceros melampus (21893)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Kenya Aepyceros melampus (21276 21277)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Ethiopia Aepyceros melampus (22134 22156 22177) Aepyceros sp. (22138)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Kenya (Athi-Kapiti Plains) Aepyceros melampus (32138)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Kenya (Athi-Kapiti) Aepyceros melampus (32126)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tanzania Aepyceros melampus (21690)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa (N. Transraal) Aepyceros melampus (21693)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Kenya Aepyceros melampus (21933 21936)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Swaziland Aepyceros melampus (21927 21955)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa Aepyceros melampus (21896)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Zambia Aepyceros melampus (21894)