Biology:Parmularius
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Short description: Extinct genus of mammals
| Parmularius Temporal range: Pliocene - Pleistocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Subfamily: | Antilopinae |
| Tribe: | Alcelaphini |
| Genus: | †Parmularius Hopwood, 1934 |
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Parmularius is a genus of large extinct African alcelaphines from the Pliocene and Pleistocene. It is a close relative of topi and hartebeest. One species is noticeable by its long, weakly curved horns.[1][2]
References
- ↑ Charles Kimberlin Brain (1981), The Hunters Or the Hunted?: Introduction to African Cave Taphonomy, University of Chicago Press, ISBN 978-0-226-07089-6, https://books.google.com/books?id=E4JyZgr8y50C&pg=PA170&dq=Parmularius
- ↑ Hopwood, 1934 : New fossil Mammals from Olduvai, Tanganyika Territory. Annals & Magazine of Natural History Series, vol. 10, 14 p. 546-550.
Wikidata ☰ Q3021017 entry
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