Tragelaphini

The tribe Tragelaphini, or the spiral-horned antelopes, are bovines that are endemic to sub-Saharan Africa. These include the bushbucks, kudus, and the elands. The scientific name is in reference to the mythical creature the tragelaph, a Chimera with the body of a stag and the head of a goat. They are medium-to-large, tall, long-legged antelopes characterized by their twisted horns and striking pelage coloration patterns.

Tragelaphini

Tom Junek · CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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
Sits inside
BovinaePBDB
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 552 occurrencesMiocene — about 23 of 552 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 109 of 552 occurrencesPliocenePleistocene — about 370 of 552 occurrencesPleistocene24–23 Mya — about 0.1 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 1 occurrence11–10 Mya — about 1 occurrence10–9.4 Mya — about 1 occurrence9.4–8.6 Mya — about 1 occurrence8.6–7.8 Mya — about 1 occurrence7.8–7.1 Mya — about 2 occurrences7.1–6.3 Mya — about 5 occurrences6.3–5.5 Mya — about 5 occurrences5.5–4.7 Mya — about 16 occurrences4.7–3.9 Mya — about 19 occurrences3.9–3.1 Mya — about 38 occurrences3.1–2.4 Mya — about 90 occurrences2.4–1.6 Mya — about 160 occurrences1.6–785 ka Mya — about 105 occurrences785 ka–0 Mya — about 103 occurrences5.333 Mya11.7 ka23.5 Mya0 Mya

552 occurrences of Tragelaphini 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

552 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

41 formations

Koobi Fora — 4.31°N, 36.27°EKoobi Fora — 4.24°N, 36.28°EKoobi Fora — 4.09°N, 36.31°EKoobi Fora — 4.29°N, 36.23°EKoobi Fora — 3.78°N, 36.33°EKoobi Fora — 3.77°N, 36.39°EKoobi Fora — 3.90°N, 36.24°EKoobi Fora — 3.98°N, 36.32°EKoobi Fora — 4.07°N, 36.37°EKoobi Fora — 3.87°N, 36.37°EKoobi Fora — 4.22°N, 36.43°EKoobi Fora — 3.93°N, 36.34°EKoobi Fora — 3.73°N, 36.43°EKoobi Fora — 3.70°N, 36.32°EKoobi Fora — 4.28°N, 36.38°EKoobi Fora — 3.59°N, 36.24°EShungura — 5.09°N, 36.02°EShungura — 5.02°N, 36.04°EShungura — 5.09°N, 36.06°ENachukui — 4.25°N, 35.79°ENachukui — 3.08°N, 35.83°ENachukui — 3.87°N, 35.70°ENachukui — 3.93°N, 35.76°ENachukui — 4.53°N, 35.75°ENachukui — 4.15°N, 35.74°ENachukui — 4.18°N, 35.78°ENachukui — 4.41°N, 35.83°ENachukui — 4.00°N, 35.73°ENachukui — 4.53°N, 35.92°ENachukui — 3.68°N, 35.75°ENachukui — 4.10°N, 35.77°ENachukui — 2.90°N, 36.05°EOlduvai — 2.97°S, 35.32°EOlduvai — 2.98°S, 34.32°EOlduvai — 3.00°S, 35.36°EVogel River Series — 3.20°S, 35.21°EVogel River Series — 3.01°S, 35.20°EVogel River Series — 3.26°S, 35.20°EVogel River Series — 3.13°S, 35.13°EHumbu — 2.33°S, 35.97°ESwartkrans — 26.02°S, 27.72°EChemoigut — 0.65°N, 36.20°ESagantole — 10.62°N, 40.58°ESagantole — 10.50°N, 40.58°ESagantole — 10.45°N, 40.45°ESagantole — 10.47°N, 40.50°EOlorgesailie — 1.57°S, 36.43°EWehaietu — 10.73°N, 40.42°EWehaietu — 10.90°N, 40.47°EWehaietu — 10.32°N, 40.55°EWehaietu — 10.63°N, 40.54°EVarswater — 32.98°S, 18.15°EVarswater — 33.67°S, 18.43°EChiwondo — 10.17°S, 34.00°EChiwondo — 9.83°S, 34.83°EChiwondo — 10.33°S, 34.17°EChiwondo — 10.00°S, 33.92°ENawata and Nachukui — 2.88°N, 36.07°ENawata and Nachukui — 2.90°N, 36.05°EHadar — 11.13°N, 40.58°EAdu-Asa — 10.32°N, 40.25°EAdu-Asa — 10.43°N, 40.42°EChemeron — 0.67°N, 35.83°EKapthurin — 0.50°N, 36.00°ELukeino — 0.50°N, 35.67°EKanapoi — 2.37°N, 36.08°EKanapoi — 2.32°N, 36.07°EVarswater & Bredasdorp — 32.98°S, 18.15°EMakapansgat — 24.20°S, 28.95°EWarwire — 1.50°N, 31.00°EKromdraai — 26.00°S, 27.75°E

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The named rock units Tragelaphini has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 17 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 158 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Tragelaphini and its relatives

Pleistocene

Where Tragelaphini and its relatives were recorded in the Pleistocene.

Found in the same rock

763 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 370 sites for Tragelaphini, 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

152 references

Each of the 552 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. 140 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 content1

Picture of Tragelaphini

Credit
Tom Junek
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

No 3D scan of Tragelaphini was found in MorphoSource and Sketchfab.

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

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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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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Blyth 1863