Antilopinae

Antilopinae is a subfamily of even-toed ungulates in the family Bovidae. The members of tribe Antilopini are often referred to as true antelopes, and include the gazelles, blackbucks, springboks, gerenuks, dibatags, and Central Asian gazelles. True antelopes occur in much of Africa and Asia, with the highest concentration of species occurring in East Africa in Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, and Tanzania. The saiga inhabits Central and Western Asia, mostly in regions from the Tibetan Plateau and north of the Indian subcontinent. The dwarf antelope species of tribe Neotragini live entirely in sub-Saharan Africa.

Antilopinae

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
BovidaePBDB
Diet
grazer, browserPBDB, for Bovidae
Life habit
ground dwellingPBDB, for Bovidae
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Osteichthyes
Environment
terrestrialPBDB, for Artiodactyla

Time the record covers

At least 13 million years on record.

The record covers at least 13.82 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 23.04 Mya to 0 Mya.

Oligocene — about 0 of 3359 occurrencesMiocene — about 287 of 3359 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 523 of 3359 occurrencesPliocenePleistocene — about 2105 of 3359 occurrencesPleistocene24–23 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences23–22 Mya — about 1 occurrence22–21 Mya — about 1 occurrence21–20 Mya — about 1 occurrence20–20 Mya — about 1 occurrence20–19 Mya — about 1 occurrence19–18 Mya — about 1 occurrence18–17 Mya — about 1 occurrence17–16 Mya — about 1 occurrence16–16 Mya — about 2 occurrences16–15 Mya — about 3 occurrences15–14 Mya — about 3 occurrences14–13 Mya — about 6 occurrences13–13 Mya — about 8 occurrences13–12 Mya — about 10 occurrences12–11 Mya — about 17 occurrences11–10 Mya — about 19 occurrences10–9.4 Mya — about 20 occurrences9.4–8.6 Mya — about 23 occurrences8.6–7.8 Mya — about 34 occurrences7.8–7.1 Mya — about 34 occurrences7.1–6.3 Mya — about 44 occurrences6.3–5.5 Mya — about 44 occurrences5.5–4.7 Mya — about 88 occurrences4.7–3.9 Mya — about 97 occurrences3.9–3.1 Mya — about 179 occurrences3.1–2.4 Mya — about 388 occurrences2.4–1.6 Mya — about 709 occurrences1.6–785 ka Mya — about 569 occurrences785 ka–0 Mya — about 1052 occurrences13.82 Mya11.7 ka23.5 Mya0 Mya

3,359 occurrences of Antilopinae on record, most of them in the Pleistocene. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

3,359 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

131 formations

Koobi Fora — 3.90°N, 36.24°EKoobi Fora — 3.98°N, 36.32°EKoobi Fora — 3.86°N, 36.26°EKoobi Fora — 4.07°N, 36.37°EKoobi Fora — 3.87°N, 36.37°EKoobi Fora — 4.31°N, 36.28°EKoobi Fora — 4.23°N, 36.43°EKoobi Fora — 3.75°N, 36.36°EKoobi Fora — 3.75°N, 36.34°EKoobi Fora — 4.28°N, 36.24°EKoobi Fora — 4.28°N, 36.38°EKoobi Fora — 4.06°N, 36.33°EKoobi Fora — 4.24°N, 36.26°EKoobi Fora — 3.70°N, 36.32°EKoobi Fora — 3.59°N, 36.24°ENachukui — 3.88°N, 35.72°ENachukui — 4.00°N, 35.73°ENachukui — 4.25°N, 35.79°ENachukui — 4.18°N, 35.74°ENachukui — 4.17°N, 35.77°ENachukui — 4.10°N, 35.77°ENachukui — 3.87°N, 35.76°ENachukui — 3.08°N, 35.83°ENachukui — 4.53°N, 35.75°ENachukui — 4.11°N, 35.73°ENachukui — 4.67°N, 35.75°ENachukui — 4.41°N, 35.83°ENachukui — 4.53°N, 35.92°ENachukui — 3.68°N, 35.75°ENachukui — 2.90°N, 36.05°EShungura — 5.09°N, 36.02°EShungura — 5.05°N, 36.01°EShungura — 5.09°N, 36.06°EVogel River Series — 3.23°S, 35.23°EVogel River Series — 3.23°S, 36.19°EVogel River Series — 3.01°S, 35.20°EVogel River Series — 3.25°S, 35.20°EVogel River Series — 3.13°S, 35.13°EOlduvai — 2.97°S, 35.32°EOlduvai — 2.98°S, 34.32°EOlduvai — 2.98°S, 35.37°ESwartkrans — 26.02°S, 27.72°EVarswater — 32.98°S, 18.15°EVarswater — 33.67°S, 18.43°EHumbu — 2.33°S, 35.97°EChiwondo — 10.17°S, 34.00°EChiwondo — 9.83°S, 34.83°EChiwondo — 10.33°S, 34.17°EChiwondo — 10.00°S, 33.92°EChiwondo — 10.05°S, 33.96°EWembere-Manonga — 3.86°S, 33.71°EWembere-Manonga — 3.88°S, 33.85°EWembere-Manonga — 4.03°S, 33.77°EWembere-Manonga — 3.92°S, 33.87°EWembere-Manonga — 3.09°S, 33.73°EOlorgesailie — 1.57°S, 36.44°EHadar — 11.13°N, 40.59°EWehaietu — 10.73°N, 40.42°EWehaietu — 10.90°N, 40.48°EWehaietu — 10.72°N, 40.50°EWehaietu — 10.32°N, 40.55°EWehaietu — 10.63°N, 40.54°EKromdraai — 26.00°S, 27.75°EChemoigut — 0.65°N, 36.20°EMakapansgat — 24.20°S, 28.95°ENawata and Nachukui — 2.88°N, 36.07°ENawata and Nachukui — 2.90°N, 36.05°EKapthurin — 0.50°N, 36.00°ESterkfontein — 26.02°S, 27.73°EKanapoi — 2.37°N, 36.08°EKanapoi — 2.32°N, 36.07°ENubia — 22.88°N, 30.64°ENubia — 25.42°N, 30.52°ENubia — 23.00°N, 25.50°ENubia — 22.50°N, 30.75°EGebel Silsila-YCS — 24.50°N, 33.00°EGabal Silsila — 24.77°N, 32.95°EGabal Silsila — 24.43°N, 32.95°ELukeino — 0.50°N, 35.67°E

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The named rock units Antilopinae has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 107 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 1,614 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Antilopinae and its relatives

Pleistocene

Where Antilopinae and its relatives were recorded in the Pleistocene.

Found in the same rock

1,245 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records at least 558 sites for Antilopinae, and this reads 240 of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

536 references

Each of the 3,359 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 524 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

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