Name:
Aepyceros datoadeni.
Phonetic: Ay-pe-seh-ros da-toe-a-den-e.
Named By: Denis Geraads, Ren� Bobe &
Kaye Reed - 2012.
Classification: Chordata, Mammalia,
Artiodactyla, Bovidae.
Species: A. datoadeni.
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Unavaialble.
Known locations: Ethiopia.
Time period: Piacenzian of the Pliocene.
Fossil representation: Remains to identify a
distinct species.
A. datoadeni was a prehistoric and now extinct species of Impala. A. datoadeni was essentially the same as A. melampus, though was significantly smaller. Today the species A. melampus is still alive in Africa, and it can be further dived into two sub species; A. melampus melampus and A. melampus petersi (a.k.a. Black-faced Impala).
Further reading
- Pliocene Bovidae (Mammalia) from the Hadar Formation of Hadar
and Ledi-Geraru, Lower Awash, Ethiopia, Denis Geraads, Ren�
Bobe & Kaye Reed - 2012.