Antilopini

Antilopini is a tribe of bovids often referred as true antelopes like gazelles. They live in and around the Sahara, Horn of Africa, throughout eastern and southern Africa, and Eurasia, with the type species being the blackbuck of south Asia. Depending on species, the females have either very short or thin horns compared with the males, or no horns at all. They have smooth and glossy tan and white coats. Most species in the group have black stripes and facial markings. They have a territorial male as a leader in herds and sometimes group with other species, such as Grant's gazelle joining with Thomson's gazelle. They can reach top speeds of 50 miles per hour (80 km/h) and have the ability to jump and turn sharply. They have adapted well to running in open environments.

Antilopini

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
AntilopinaePBDB
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 850 occurrencesMiocene — about 186 of 850 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 147 of 850 occurrencesPliocenePleistocene — about 428 of 850 occurrencesPleistocene24–23 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences23–22 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences22–21 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences21–20 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences20–20 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences20–19 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences19–18 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences18–17 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences17–16 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences16–16 Mya — about 1 occurrence16–15 Mya — about 3 occurrences15–14 Mya — about 3 occurrences14–13 Mya — about 4 occurrences13–13 Mya — about 5 occurrences13–12 Mya — about 7 occurrences12–11 Mya — about 12 occurrences11–10 Mya — about 14 occurrences10–9.4 Mya — about 15 occurrences9.4–8.6 Mya — about 17 occurrences8.6–7.8 Mya — about 25 occurrences7.8–7.1 Mya — about 23 occurrences7.1–6.3 Mya — about 24 occurrences6.3–5.5 Mya — about 24 occurrences5.5–4.7 Mya — about 31 occurrences4.7–3.9 Mya — about 31 occurrences3.9–3.1 Mya — about 48 occurrences3.1–2.4 Mya — about 81 occurrences2.4–1.6 Mya — about 133 occurrences1.6–785 ka Mya — about 110 occurrences785 ka–0 Mya — about 236 occurrences13.82 Mya11.7 ka23.5 Mya0 Mya

850 occurrences of Antilopini 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

850 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

96 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 — 4.23°N, 36.43°EKoobi Fora — 4.28°N, 36.24°EKoobi Fora — 4.27°N, 36.29°EKoobi Fora — 4.06°N, 36.33°ENachukui — 3.88°N, 35.72°ENachukui — 4.25°N, 35.79°ENachukui — 4.18°N, 35.74°ENachukui — 4.17°N, 35.77°ENachukui — 4.05°N, 35.73°ENachukui — 4.10°N, 35.77°ENachukui — 3.08°N, 35.83°ENachukui — 4.53°N, 35.92°ENachukui — 3.87°N, 35.76°ENachukui — 2.90°N, 36.05°EVogel River Series — 3.23°S, 35.23°EVogel River Series — 3.01°S, 35.20°EVogel River Series — 3.25°S, 35.20°EVogel River Series — 3.13°S, 35.13°EVarswater — 32.98°S, 18.15°EVarswater — 33.67°S, 18.43°ESwartkrans — 26.02°S, 27.72°EOlduvai — 2.99°S, 35.35°EOlduvai — 2.98°S, 34.32°ENubia — 22.88°N, 30.64°ENubia — 25.42°N, 30.52°ENubia — 23.00°N, 25.50°ENubia — 22.50°N, 30.75°EMytilinii — 37.75°N, 26.89°EMytilinii — 37.74°N, 26.89°EKromdraai — 26.00°S, 27.75°EBahe — 33.50°N, 109.50°EBahe — 34.15°N, 109.33°EGabal Silsila — 24.77°N, 32.95°EGabal Silsila — 24.43°N, 32.95°EHadar — 11.13°N, 40.58°EKanapoi — 2.32°N, 36.07°EShungura — 5.05°N, 36.01°EShungura — 5.07°N, 36.03°EBeglia — 34.00°N, 8.00°EBeglia — 34.33°N, 8.41°EBeglia — 34.20°N, 8.70°EAdu-Asa — 10.43°N, 40.42°EAdu-Asa — 10.32°N, 40.25°EGebel Silsila-YCS — 24.50°N, 33.00°EOlorgesailie — 1.57°S, 36.43°ENawata and Nachukui — 2.88°N, 36.07°ENawata and Nachukui — 2.90°N, 36.05°EKapthurin — 0.50°N, 36.00°EMpesida — 0.83°N, 35.83°EChiwondo — 10.17°S, 34.00°EChiwondo — 10.00°S, 33.92°EHumbu — 2.33°S, 35.97°ENubia — 16.25°N, 33.75°E

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The named rock units Antilopini has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 72 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 460 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Antilopini and its relatives

Pleistocene

Where Antilopini and its relatives were recorded in the Pleistocene.

Found in the same rock

950 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 569 sites for Antilopini, 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

299 references

Each of the 850 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. 287 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 Antilopini

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No restrictions
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No 3D scan of Antilopini was found in Sketchfab.

Smithsonian Open Access and MorphoSource were 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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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. Gray 1821