Gazella praegaudryi
Temporal range: Miocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Subfamily: Antilopinae
Tribe: Antilopini
Genus: Gazella
Species:
†G. praegaudryi
Binomial name
†Gazella praegaudryi
Arambourg, 1959

Gazella praegaudryi was a small species of prehistoric gazelle described from late Miocene sediments near Bou Hanifia, Algeria. It had lightly compressed horn cores and no forward turning metaconid of its P4 premolars, differentiating it from the earlier Miocene Gazella dentition recovered at Fort Ternan.[1][2]

It has been characterized as "similar" to, though morphologically distinct from, fossils excavated from formations such as at Fort Ternan, Lothagam, and Namulungle.[2]

References

  1. ↑ George A. Bubenik, Anthony B. Bubenik, 2012, Horns, Pronghorns, and Antlers: Evolution, Morphology, Physiology, and Social Significance, p.207, Springer Science & Business Media
  2. 1 2 Lars Werdelin, William Joseph Sanders, 2010, Cenozoic Mammals of Africa, p.761, Univ of California Press
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