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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:

II-40

CODI ID:
7675
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Taxonomy

Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Artiodactyla
Suborder:
Ruminantia
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Superfamily:
Bovoidea
Family:
Bovidae
Subfamily:
Antilopinae
Tribe:
Antilopini
Genus:
Gazella
Species:
gazella
Subspecies:
praecursor
Taxonomic Notes:
Listed as a paratype of G. g. praecursor. Was not listed in Schwarz (1937) did not list it as a paratype and its status is no different from that of the hypodigm of the species. "It is certainly not an antilopine bovid, but little more can be surmised about the identity."
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