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Parmularius

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Parmularius
Temporal range: Pliocene - Pleistocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Placentalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Subfamily: Antilopinae
Tribe: Alcelaphini
Genus: Parmularius
Hopwood, 1934
Species
  • P. pachyceras
  • P. ambiquus
  • P. pandatus
  • P. atlanticus
  • P. rugosus
  • P. altidens
  • P. angusticornis
  • P. maasaicus

Parmularius is a genus of large extinct African alcelaphines from the Pliocene and Pleistocene. It is a close relative of topi and hartebeest. One species is noticeable by its long, weakly curved horns.[1][2]

References

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  1. Charles Kimberlin Brain (1981), The Hunters Or the Hunted?: Introduction to African Cave Taphonomy, University of Chicago Press, ISBN 978-0-226-07089-6
  2. Hopwood, 1934 : New fossil Mammals from Olduvai, Tanganyika Territory. Annals & Magazine of Natural History Series, vol. 10, 14 p. 546-550.