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Makapania broomi ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)374899https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=374899
Rankspecies (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Bovidae : Makapania : Makapania broomi
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SynapsidaOsborn 1903
-Therapsida
infraorderCynodontia
-EpicynodontiaHopson and Kitching 2001
infraorderEucynodontiaKemp 1982
-ProbainognathiaHopson 1990
-MammaliamorphaRowe 1988
-MammaliaformesRowe 1988
classMammaliaLinnaeus 1758
subclassTribosphenida
infraclassEutheria
orderUngulata
orderArtiodactylaOwen 1848
-RuminantiamorphaSpaulding et al. 2009
-Ruminantia
-Pecora
familyBovidaeGray 1821
subfamilyCaprinaeGray 1821
tribeOvibovini
genusMakapaniaWells and Cooke 1957
speciesMakapania broomiWells and Cooke 1956
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Makapania broomispeciesbelongs to Makapaniastated with evidenceWells and Cooke, 1956
Makapania broomispeciesbelongs to Makapaniastated without evidenceGentry, 2010
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance5.33 - 2.59 Ma
Cenozoic
Last Recorded Appearance1.81 - 0.78 Ma
Pleistocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Artiodactyla)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietgrazer, browser (based on Bovidae)
Reproductionviviparous (based on Bovidae)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)A. W. Gentry. 2010. Bovidae. In L. Werdelin, W. J. Sanders (eds.), Cenozoic Mammals of Africa

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1956Makapania broomi Wells and Cooke
2010Makapania broomi Gentry p. 792

References

Gentry A. W. (2010) Bovidae, Cenozoic Mammals of Africa, 747-803
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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