Biology:Gazella harmonae

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Short description: Extinct species of mammal


Gazella harmonae
Temporal range: 3.1–1.9 Ma
Scientific classification edit
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Binomial name
Gazella harmonae
Geraads et al., 2012

Gazella harmonae is an extinct gazelle which existed in what is now Ethiopia during the Pliocene epoch. It was described by Denis Geraads, René Bobe and Kaye Reed in 2012. Approximately the size of a living dorcas gazelle, the animal was noted for its unusual, spiral horn cores.[1]

References

  1. Denis Geraads, René Bobe & Kaye Reed (2012). "Pliocene Bovidae (Mammalia) from the Hadar Formation of Hadar and Ledi-Geraru, Lower Awash, Ethiopia". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32 (1): 180–197. doi:10.1080/02724634.2012.632046. 

Wikidata ☰ Q3728582 entry