Connochaetes gnou antiquus Broom, 1913

Pleistocene black gnou/wildebeest (proposed)

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Demoted to a subspecies of the Black wildebeest by (Peters et. al. 1994).

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last record: 20,000-40,000 BC

Distribution

Africa

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Original scientific description:

Broom, R. (1913). Man contemporaneous with extinct animals in South Africa. Annals of [he South African Museum 12: 13-16.

Other references:

Peters, Joris, Gautier, Achilles, Brink, James S. and Haenen, Wim. (1994). Late Quaternary Extinction of Ungulates in Sub-Saharan Africa: a Reductionist's Approach. Journal of Archaeological Science 21(1): 17-28.

Rossouw, Lloyd. (2006). Florisian mammal fossils from erosional gullies along the Modder River at Mitasrust farm, central Free State,South Africa. Navorsinge van die Nasionale Museum, Blomfontein 22(6): 145-161.

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