Biology:Gazella tingitana

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Short description: Extinct species of bovid

Gazella tingitana
Temporal range: Mid - Late Pleistocene
Scientific classification edit
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Binomial name
Gazella tingitana
(Arambourg, 1957)[1]

Gazella tingitana is an extinct species of gazelle from the Late Pleistocene of Morocco.

Arambourg described G. tingitana in 1957 from material at Mugharet el 'Aliya in Morocco, now dated to between 85 and 37 ka (85,000 - 37,000 BP).[2] It was subsequently documented from Mid-to-Late Pleistocene (190,000 - 90 ka) deposits at Jebel Irhoud. Like most living gazelles, it may have been a mixed-feeder.[3]

References

  1. "Gazella tingitana". http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=374488. 
  2. Arambourg, C. (1957). "Observation sur les gazelles fossiles du Pléistocène supérieur de l'Afrique du Nord". Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afr. Nord. 48: 49–77. 
  3. Faith, J. Tyler (2014). "Late Pleistocene and Holocene mammal extinctions on continental Africa". Earth-Science Reviews 128: 105–121. doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2013.10.009. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S001282521300175X. 

Wikidata ☰ Q108044065 entry