Antilope subtorta is an extinct species of antelope that lived during the Pliocene in the Siwaliks of Pakistan.[2]
Antilope subtorta Temporal range: Late Pliocene
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Bovidae |
Subfamily: | Antilopinae |
Tribe: | Antilopini |
Genus: | Antilope |
Species: | †A. subtorta
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Binomial name | |
†Antilope subtorta Pilgrim, 1937[1]
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A. subtorta is considered the oldest known member of the genus.[3] In comparison to the living blackbuck, the horns were less twisted.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Antilope subtorta". Biolib.
- ^ a b Khan, M.A.; Akhtar, M. (2014). "Antelopes (Mammalia, Ruminantia, Bovidae) from the Upper Siwaliks of Tatrot, Pakistan, with description of a new species". Paleontological Journal. 48 (1). doi:10.1134/S0031030114010055.
- ^ Mungall, Elizabeth Cary (1978). The Indian Blackbuck Antelope: A Texas View. Caesar Kleberg Research Program in Wildlife Ecology. p. 108. ISBN 9780890961971.