Redunca

Reedbuck is a common name for African antelopes from the genus Redunca. Bohor reedbucks belong to the family Bovidae and subfamily Reduncinae. Bohor reedbucks are known to be savannah grazers that live near water sources. They have been found in areas like the Bale Mountains National Park in Ethiopia. Southern reedbucks are found near elevated land, including places in South Africa like Natal.

Redunca

Charles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via Wikipedia/Commons. May be a photograph of a specimen, or an artist’s reconstruction — an interpretation of a skeleton, since colour and soft tissue are almost never preserved.

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Also called
reedbuckPBDB
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 million years on record.

The record covers at least 5.09 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 23.04 Mya to 0 Mya.

Oligocene — about 0 of 155 occurrencesMiocene — about 4 of 155 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 15 of 155 occurrencesPliocenePleistocene — about 103 of 155 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 0.2 occurrences11–10 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences10–9.4 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences9.4–8.6 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences8.6–7.8 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences7.8–7.1 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences7.1–6.3 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences6.3–5.5 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences5.5–4.7 Mya — about 2 occurrences4.7–3.9 Mya — about 2 occurrences3.9–3.1 Mya — about 6 occurrences3.1–2.4 Mya — about 18 occurrences2.4–1.6 Mya — about 37 occurrences1.6–785 ka Mya — about 21 occurrences785 ka–0 Mya — about 65 occurrences5.09 Mya11.7 ka23.5 Mya0 Mya

155 occurrences of Redunca 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

155 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

16 formations

Shungura — 5.06°N, 36.04°EShungura — 5.05°N, 36.01°EShungura — 5.09°N, 36.06°EKoobi Fora — 3.78°N, 36.33°EKoobi Fora — 4.24°N, 36.28°EKoobi Fora — 3.77°N, 36.39°EKoobi Fora — 3.90°N, 36.24°EKoobi Fora — 3.98°N, 36.32°EKoobi Fora — 3.87°N, 36.37°EKoobi Fora — 4.23°N, 36.43°EKoobi Fora — 3.93°N, 36.34°EKoobi Fora — 4.28°N, 36.38°EKoobi Fora — 4.09°N, 36.31°EKoobi Fora — 4.29°N, 36.23°EOlorgesailie — 1.57°S, 36.44°EWehaietu — 10.73°N, 40.42°EWehaietu — 10.90°N, 40.48°EWehaietu — 10.72°N, 40.50°EMakapansgat — 24.20°S, 28.95°EBredasdorp & Varswater — 32.98°S, 18.15°ENawata and Nachukui — 2.88°N, 36.07°EKapthurin — 0.50°N, 36.00°ESwartkrans — 26.02°S, 27.72°EKaiso Village — 1.50°N, 31.00°ESterkfontein — 26.02°S, 27.73°ERietputs — 28.53°S, 24.47°EKromdraai — 26.00°S, 27.75°E2 — 11.06°N, 42.28°EOlduvai — 2.98°S, 35.37°EVarswater — 33.67°S, 18.43°E

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The named rock units Redunca has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 86 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Redunca and its relatives

Pleistocene

Where Redunca and its relatives were recorded in the Pleistocene.

Found in the same rock

768 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 137 sites for Redunca, 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

76 references

Each of the 155 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. 64 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 content3

Picture of Redunca

Credit
Charles J. Sharp
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

Structured light scan

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not stated by the source
Commercial use
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Specimen
Redunca sp. · MNHN:ZM:AC-1881-1147

3D model

Source
Sketchfab
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CC Attribution
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The description on this site

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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 1827