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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
earth and planetary sciences
Pliocene bovidae (mammalia) from the koro toro australopithecine sites, Chad
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Volume 21, No. 2, Year 2001
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Description
The Australopithecus-beanng sites of Koro Toro in central Chad yielded at least 9 species of bovids (Ruminantia: Bovidae). They all belong to genera found in North and/or East Africa, but three new species are named. Kobus korotorensis, sp. nov. is quite distinct from East African species, and is probably an early offshoot from primitive Reduncines. Kobus tchadensis, sp. nov. is more like some East African forms. Parmularius pachyceras, sp. nov. should rather be compared with a North African species. This relative endemism hinders precise biochronological correlation, but the best fit is in the range 2.7–3.4 Ma. The lack of Tragelaphines, and an abundance of Reduncines, Alcelaphines and Antilopines definitely points towards an open environment, that was drier than most East African sites of this age. © 2001 by the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology.
Authors & Co-Authors
Geraads, Denis
France, Paris
Dynamique de L'évolution Humaine Cnrs Upr 2147
Brunet, Michel
France, Poitiers
Universite de Poitiers
Vignaud, Patrick
France, Poitiers
Universite de Poitiers
MacKaye, Hassan Taïsso
Chad, N'djamena
University of N’djamena
Statistics
Citations: 25
Authors: 4
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1671/0272-4634(2001)021[0335:PBMFTK]2.0.CO;2
ISSN:
02724634
e-ISSN:
19372809
Study Locations
Multi-countries
Chad