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Taxonomy
Damaliscus was named by Sclater and Thomas (1894). It is extant.
It was assigned to Bovidae by Carroll (1988); to Damaliscina by Vrba (1997); to Alcelaphini by Hassanin and Douzery (1999), Hassanin and Douzery (2003) and Geraads et al. (2004); and to Alcelaphinae by Grubb (2001) and Gentry (2010).
It was assigned to Bovidae by Carroll (1988); to Damaliscina by Vrba (1997); to Alcelaphini by Hassanin and Douzery (1999), Hassanin and Douzery (2003) and Geraads et al. (2004); and to Alcelaphinae by Grubb (2001) and Gentry (2010).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1894 | Damaliscus Sclater and Thomas |
1988 | Damaliscus Carroll |
1997 | Damaliscus Vrba p. 168 |
1999 | Damaliscus Hassanin and Douzery p. 893 |
2001 | Damaliscus Grubb p. 380 |
2003 | Damaliscus Hassanin and Douzery p. 212 |
2004 | Damaliscus Geraads et al. p. 188 |
2010 | Damaliscus Gentry p. 784 |
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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.
G. Damaliscus Sclater and Thomas 1894 [antelope]
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†Damaliscus ademassui Vrba 1997
†Damaliscus agelaius Gentry and Gentry 1978
†Damaliscus cuiculi Arambourg 1979
Damaliscus dorcas Pallas 1766 [bontebok]
†Damaliscus eppsi Harris 1991
†Damaliscus gentryi Vrba 1977
Damaliscus korrigum Ogilby 1837 [topi]
Damaliscus lunatus Burchell 1823 [common tsessebe]
†Damaliscus porrocornutus Vrba 1971
Damaliscus pygargus Pallas 1766 [bontebok]
†Damaliscus strepsiceras Geraads et al. 2004
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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References: Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009 |
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.6 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.6 Ma
Collections (106 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Miocene - Pliocene | South Africa | Damaliscus sp. (22220) | |
Tortonian - Zanclean | Kenya | Damaliscus sp. (22236) | |
Pliocene | South Africa | Damaliscus gentryi (22354) | |
Pliocene | Ethiopia (Afar) | Damaliscus ademassui (70907) | |
Pliocene - Calabrian | South Africa | Damaliscus sp. (21791) | |
Pliocene - Pleistocene | South Africa | Damaliscus dorcas (21960) Damaliscus sp., Damaliscus dorcas (207105) | |
Pliocene - Pleistocene | Ethiopia | Damaliscus ademassui (22164) | |
Pliocene - Pleistocene | Malawi | Damaliscus sp. (22323) | |
Zanclean - Pleistocene | Ethiopia | Damaliscus ademassui (22167) | |
Late/Upper Pliocene | South Africa | Damaliscus albifrons (22340) | |
Piacenzian | Kenya | Damaliscus eppsi (21484) | |
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene | Kenya (Rift Valley) | Damaliscus sp. (21289 21292) | |
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene | South Africa | Damaliscus sp. (22334) | |
Gelasian | Kenya (Rift Valley) | Damaliscus sp. (21282 21283 21353 21354) | |
Gelasian | Kenya | Damaliscus eppsi (21398 21503 21504) Damaliscus sp. (32116) | |
Gelasian | Ethiopia (Afar) | Damaliscus ademassui (224655) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | South Africa (Gauteng) | Damaliscus sp. (183152) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | Algeria | Damaliscus cuiculi (224087) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | South Africa | Damaliscus sp. (21824) | |
Gelasian - Calabrian | Kenya | Damaliscus eppsi (21367 21370 21378 21396 21402 21415 21448 21452 21458 21462 21463 21464 21472 21495 21502 21515 21521 21532) Damaliscus sp. (32080) | |
Gelasian - Calabrian | Ethiopia (Ethiopian Rift) | Damaliscus sp. (22493) Damaliscus sp. A (22492) Damaliscus sp. B (22491 22494) | |
Gelasian - Calabrian | Kenya (Rift Valley) | Damaliscus sp. (21350) | |
Pleistocene | South Africa | Damaliscus dorcas (21695 21823 21915 21929 21956) Damaliscus hunteri, Damaliscus sp. (21954) Damaliscus sp. (21828 21829 21916 21931) Damaliscus sp., Damaliscus dorcas (21825) | |
Pleistocene | Kenya | Damaliscus hunteri, Damaliscus dorcas, Damaliscus lunatus (21963) | |
Pleistocene | Djibouti | Damaliscus sp. (22482) | |
Pleistocene | Morocco | Damaliscus sp. (34329) | |
Pleistocene - Holocene | Zambia | Damaliscus lunatus (21924) | |
Pleistocene - Holocene | South Africa | Damaliscus dorcas (21948 21949 21951 21952) Damaliscus lunatus (21957) | |
Pleistocene - Holocene | Swaziland | Damaliscus lunatus (21925) | |
Pleistocene - Holocene | Congo-Kinshasa | Damaliscus dorcas (22103) | |
Pleistocene - Holocene | Tanzania | Damaliscus dorcas (22181 22192) | |
Calabrian | Tanzania | Damaliscus agelaius (21967 22619) | |
Calabrian | Kenya | Damaliscus eppsi (21368 21403) Damaliscus sp. (21501) | |
Calabrian | Tanzania (Lake Natron Basin) | Damaliscus sp. (22557 22582) | |
Calabrian | Kenya (Rift Valley) | Damaliscus sp. (21294 21297) | |
Calabrian | South Africa | Damaliscus sp. (21923) Damaliscus sp., Damaliscus dorcas (21822) | |
Middle Pleistocene | Morocco | Damaliscus sp. (34330 42866) | |
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Tanzania | Damaliscus sp. (21893) | |
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Kenya | Damaliscus dorcas (21277) Damaliscus hunteri, Damaliscus lunatus (21276) Damaliscus sp. (22272) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Congo-Kinshasa | Damaliscus lunatus (22066) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | South Africa | Damaliscus dorcus (96974) | |
Holocene | Swaziland | Damaliscus lunatus (21927 21955) | |
Holocene | Tanzania | Damaliscus korrigum (21690) | |
Holocene | Congo-Kinshasa | Damaliscus lunatus (22067 22068) | |
Holocene | South Africa (Orange Free) | Damaliscus dorcas (21943 21944) | |
Holocene | Egypt | Damaliscus sp. (21907) | |
Holocene | Sudan | Damaliscus lunatus (21903 21904) | |
Holocene | South Africa | Damaliscus dorcas (21866 21946) |