Antidorcas recki Schwarz, 1932

Brophy, Juliet K., de Ruiter, Darryl J., Fortelius, Mikael, Bamford, Marion & Berger, Lee R., 2016, Pleistocene Bovidae (Mammalia) from Malapa, Gauteng Province, South Africa, Palaeontologia Electronica 35 (8), pp. 1-22 : 9-10

Antidorcas recki Schwarz, 1932

Material. UW 88-1298 is a right mandible with P 4, M 1, M 2, and M 3 ( Figure 9 ).

Description. The teeth of UW 88-1298 are heavily worn and have moderately hypsodont teeth. The mandible retains evidence of a P 2. The central cavities of the M 3, while nearly obliterated, are relatively straight. EFFA classified the M 1 and M 2 of UW 88-1298 to the tribe Antilopini with a 0.65 and 0.74 typicality probability, respectively, and to the genus/species Antidorcas marsupialis , the extant springbok, but at an extremely low probability (<0.05) suggesting that these teeth have characteristics similar to extant springboks but are not consistent with A. marsupialis .

Comparisons. This specimen is consistent with the attribution to Antidorcas recki . According to Vrba (1976), unbent central cavities and a straight mandibular lingual molar face are characteristics of A. recki . The teeth of UW 88-1298 are not extremely hypsodont as seen in A. bondi specimens from Swartkrans. Also, the retention of a P 2 is atypical for A. marsupialis ( Vrba, 1976) . Finally, the buccal lophs are more v-shaped than A. marsupialis .

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FIGURE 9. UW 88-1298 right Antidorcas recki adult mandible.