New species and a new genus of Hippotragini (Bovidae) from Makapansgat limeworks

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dc.contributor.authorVrba, Elizabeth S
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-05T12:22:52Z
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dc.date.issued1987-06-19
dc.description.abstractA revision of the Hippotragini from the Makapansgat Limeworks is proposed : a new species of Hippotragus is described, Hippotragus cookei, and fossils previously referred to cf. Oryx gazella (Wells and Cooke, 1956) and Hippotragus gigas (Gentry and Gentry, 1978) are assigned to this species. H. gigas is present in the Pleistocene Member 5, but not in the Pliocene Grey Breccia, Member 3, as had been formerly supposed . A new genus and species from Member 3, Wellsiana torticornuta, tentatively referred to ?Hippotragini, is described based on a frontlet that had been assigned to Damaliscus sp. (aff. albifrons) by Wells and Cooke ( 1956). The horncore piece previously referred to Aepyceros cf. melampus (Wells and Cooke, 1956) may belong to the same species as ?Hippotragini sp. nov. (Gentry, 1986) from the Laetolil Beds, Tanzania. The hippotragine fossils here discussed again emphasize that Makapansgat Member 3 contains a Pliocene assemblage that is more ancient than was originally thought, with particular affinities with the Laetolil Beds and also with the Pinjor Formation of the Siwaliks in India and Pakistan.en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorshipFoundation for Research Development, Council for Scientific and Industrial Researchen_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0078-8554
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10539/16139
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherBERNARD PRICE INSTITUTE FOR PALAEONTOLOGICAL RESEARCHen_ZA
dc.subjectPleistoceneen_ZA
dc.subjectPlioceneen_ZA
dc.subjectLaetolil Bedsen_ZA
dc.subjectMember 3en_ZA
dc.subjectPinjor Formationen_ZA
dc.titleNew species and a new genus of Hippotragini (Bovidae) from Makapansgat limeworksen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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