Antilopini, Gray, 1821

Herries, AIR, Menter, CG & Adams, JW, 2015, First description of in situ primate and faunal remains from the Plio-Pleistocene Drimolen Makondo palaeocave infill, Gauteng, South Africa, Palaeontologia Electronica (Basel, Switzerland) 28 (6), pp. 1-21 : 15

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.26879/533

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A587E3-FFFB-FFC1-FEE8-2C887AC4FED7

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scientific name

Antilopini
status

 

Antilopini gen. et sp. indet.

Referred material. DNM 135, partial right M 1 or M 2.

Description. DNM 135 is a partial right first or second lower molar. The tooth preserves a heavily worn crown and a partial root.

Discussion. The size of the specimen is consistent with a Class II bovid ( Brain, 1974) and the preserved morphology (flat lingual enamel surface, rounded buccal lophids) is consistent with an antilopin. Both Gazella and Antidorcas have been previously described from the Drimolen Main Quarry deposits ( Keyser et al., 2000).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Artiodactyla

Family

Bovidae

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