Kobus

Kobus is a genus containing six species of African antelopes, all of which are associated with marshes, floodplains, or other grassy areas near water. They are sexually dimorphic, with females being smaller and lacking the horns of the males.

Kobus

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
RedunciniPBDB
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 5.3 million years on record.

The record covers at least 5.333 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 23.04 Mya to 0 Mya.

Oligocene — about 0 of 292 occurrencesMiocene — about 11 of 292 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 65 of 292 occurrencesPliocenePleistocene — about 200 of 292 occurrencesPleistocene24–23 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences23–22 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences22–21 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences21–20 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences20–20 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences20–19 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences19–18 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences18–17 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences17–16 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences16–16 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences16–15 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences15–14 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences14–13 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences13–13 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences13–12 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences12–11 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences11–10 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences10–9.4 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences9.4–8.6 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences8.6–7.8 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences7.8–7.1 Mya — about 1 occurrence7.1–6.3 Mya — about 2 occurrences6.3–5.5 Mya — about 2 occurrences5.5–4.7 Mya — about 8 occurrences4.7–3.9 Mya — about 9 occurrences3.9–3.1 Mya — about 24 occurrences3.1–2.4 Mya — about 57 occurrences2.4–1.6 Mya — about 95 occurrences1.6–785 ka Mya — about 53 occurrences785 ka–0 Mya — about 35 occurrences5.333 Mya11.7 ka23.5 Mya0 Mya

292 occurrences of Kobus 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

292 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

28 formations

Koobi Fora — 3.75°N, 36.36°EKoobi Fora — 4.09°N, 36.31°EKoobi Fora — 4.26°N, 36.28°EKoobi Fora — 4.24°N, 36.26°EKoobi Fora — 3.78°N, 36.33°EKoobi 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 — 4.23°N, 36.43°EKoobi Fora — 3.70°N, 36.34°EKoobi Fora — 4.28°N, 36.24°EKoobi Fora — 4.28°N, 36.38°EKoobi Fora — 3.59°N, 36.24°EShungura — 5.08°N, 36.03°EShungura — 5.03°N, 36.02°EShungura — 5.09°N, 36.06°ENachukui — 4.25°N, 35.79°ENachukui — 3.87°N, 35.76°ENachukui — 3.87°N, 35.72°ENachukui — 4.11°N, 35.73°ENachukui — 4.67°N, 35.75°ENachukui — 4.41°N, 35.83°ENachukui — 3.68°N, 35.75°ENachukui — 4.16°N, 35.79°ENachukui — 2.90°N, 36.05°EOlduvai — 2.97°S, 35.32°EOlduvai — 2.98°S, 35.37°EWembere-Manonga — 4.03°S, 33.77°EWembere-Manonga — 3.87°S, 33.72°EWembere-Manonga — 3.88°S, 33.85°EVarswater — 32.98°S, 18.15°EHadar — 11.14°N, 40.58°EChiwondo — 10.17°S, 34.00°EChiwondo — 9.83°S, 34.83°EChiwondo — 10.05°S, 33.96°EHumbu — 2.33°S, 35.97°EAdu-Asa — 10.32°N, 40.25°EWehaietu — 10.63°N, 40.54°ENawata and Nachukui — 2.88°N, 36.07°ENawata and Nachukui — 2.90°N, 36.05°EChemoigut — 0.65°N, 36.20°EKapthurin — 0.50°N, 36.00°E2 — 11.06°N, 42.28°ENawata or Nachukui — 2.90°N, 36.05°ESagantole — 10.50°N, 40.58°EKaiso Village — 1.50°N, 31.00°EMatabaietu — 10.55°N, 40.58°EKanapoi — 2.32°N, 36.07°EChemeron — 0.67°N, 35.83°EMpesida — 0.83°N, 35.83°EDanakil — 14.84°N, 39.87°ESwartkrans — 26.02°S, 27.72°E

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The named rock units Kobus has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 4 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 64 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Kobus and its relatives

Pleistocene

Where Kobus and its relatives were recorded in the Pleistocene.

Found in the same rock

1,005 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 219 sites for Kobus, and this reads all 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

90 references

Each of the 292 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. 78 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.

Media and terms

Media content2

Picture of Kobus

Credit
Taken and submitted by Paul Maritz (paulmaz)
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

Structured light scan

Licence
not stated by the source
Commercial use
cannot be read from the licence given — check the record
Specimen
Kobus sp. · MNHN:ZM:MO-1974-112

Smithsonian Open Access was not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

The description on this site

Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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What may have been alongside itReduncini through timeFormations of the PleistoceneThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Smith 1840