Damalborea

Dam-al-bo-re-ah.
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Name

Damalborea.

Phonetic

Dam-al-bo-re-ah.

Named By

Alan W.‭ ‬Gentry‭ ‬-‭ ‬2010.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Mammalia,‭ ‬Artiodactyla,‭ ‬Bovidae,‭ ‬Alcelaphinae.

Diet

Herbivore.

Species

D.‭ ‬elisabethae‭

Size

Uncertain.

Known locations

Ethiopia‭ ‬-‭ ‬Hadar Formation.

Time Period

Piacenzian of the Pliocene.

Fossil representation

Skull.

In Depth

       Damalborea is a genus of alcelaphine bovid that lived in Africa during the Pliocene.‭ ‬As an alcelaphine Damalborea would have loosely resembled modern day wildebeest and hartebeest.

Further Reading

– Chapter‭ ‬38:‭ ‬Bovidae by Alan W.‭ ‬Gentry.‭ ‬In Cenozoic Mammals of Africa.‭ ‬University of California Press.‭ ‬pp.‭ ‬747‭–‬803‭ ‬-‭ ‬L.‭ ‬Werdelin‭ & ‬W.‭ ‬J.‭ ‬Sanders‭ ‬-‭ ‬2010.

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