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Extinct genus of mammals From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kipsigicerus is an extinct genus of East African antelope from the Middle Miocene.[2] Its closest living relative is the four-horned-antelope.
Kipsigicerus Temporal range: | |
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Skull of Kipsigicerus lobidotus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Bovidae |
Subfamily: | Bovinae |
Genus: | †Kipsigicerus Thomas, 1984 |
Species: | †K. labidotus |
Binomial name | |
†Kipsigicerus labidotus Gentry, 1970 | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Protragocerus lobidotus |
It was discovered in Fort Ternan, Kenya and was originally described as a species of Protragocerus. The horn cores were distinct, being highly compressed with eaxh horn growing forward to one another. Because of the unique horn morphology, the genus Kipsigicerus was erected for this species.[3]
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