Megalotragus
| Megalotragus Temporal range: Pliocene - late Pleistocene, 5–0.011Ma | |
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| Megalotragus kattwinkeli skull | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Subfamily: | Alcelaphinae |
| Tribe: | Alcelaphini |
| Genus: | † Megalotragus van Hoepen, 1932 |
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Megalotragus was a genus of very large extinct African alcelaphines from the Pliocene and Pleistocene.[1] It resembled modern hartebeests, but differed in larger body size, it includes the largest bovids in the tribe Alcelaphini, reaching a shoulder height of 1.4 m (4.6 ft). Megalotragus disappeared at the end of the Pleistocene.[1]
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Turner, Alan; Anton, Mauricio (January 2004). Evolving Eden: An Illustrated Guide to the Evolution of the African Large-Mammal Fauna. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-11944-3. Retrieved 24 July 2013.