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Bibilographic Information:
Gentry, A., Gentry, A., and Mayr, H. 1995. Rediscovery of fossil antelope holotypes (Mammalia, Bovidae) collected from Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania, in 1913. Bayerische Staatssammlung fur Palaontologie und
Curatorial Notes:
Damaged skull lacking nasals.

BM(NH) M21447

CODI ID:
3918
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SKULL
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Taxonomy

Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Artiodactyla
Suborder:
Ruminantia
Infraorder:
Superfamily:
Bovoidea
Family:
Bovidae
Subfamily:
Alcelaphinae
Tribe:
Alcelaphini
Genus:
Megalotragus
Species:
kattwinkeli
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Taxonomic Notes:
Previously used as the holotype of Xenocephalus robustus, which Gentry and Gentry (1965) regarded as a junior synonym of Megalotragus kattwinkeli.
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Unknown
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