A new find of Megalotragus priscus (Alcelaphini, Bovidae) from the central Karoo, South Africa

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dc.contributor.authorBrink, J. S.
dc.contributor.authorde Bruiyn, H.
dc.contributor.authorRademeyer, L. B.
dc.contributor.authorvan der Westhuizen, W. A.
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-11T07:15:39Z
dc.date.available2015-01-11T07:15:39Z
dc.date.issued1995
dc.descriptionMain articleen_ZA
dc.description.abstractWe document the occurrence of the Florisian, or late Quaternary, form of the giant alcelaphine, Megalotragus priscus, from dongas on the Ongers River, near Britstown in the central Karoo. This is significant as it confirms the occurrence of the species in the Karoo and it suggests significantly wetter environments and productive grasslands in the central Karoo in pre-Holocene times. The present-day Karoo environment did not maintain populations of large ruminant grazers similar to M. priscus, and other specialized Florisian grazers, prior to the advent of agriculture and pasture management. Aridification in recent times is the likely cause of changes in grassland quality and the local dissappearance of these animals, if not their extinction.en_ZA
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dc.identifier.citationNoneen_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0078-8554
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10539/16384
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherBernard Price Institute for Palaeontological Researchen_ZA
dc.relation.ispartofseriesNone;
dc.subjectA1celaphine evolution, Florisian mammals, Late Pleistocene extinctionen_ZA
dc.titleA new find of Megalotragus priscus (Alcelaphini, Bovidae) from the central Karoo, South Africaen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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