Temporal range: Pliocene - early Holocene, 5–0.0055 Ma
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Megalotragus kattwinkeli skull
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Artiodactyla
Family:
Bovidae
Subfamily:
Antilopinae
Tribe:
Alcelaphini
Genus:
†Megalotragus van Hoepen, 1932
Type species
†Megalotragus kattwinkeli
Species
M. issaci Harris, 1991
M. kattwinkeli
M. priscus Broom, 1909
Megalotragus (from Greek mega (μέλα) 'great' and tragos (τράγος) 'goat') was a genus of very large extinct African alcelaphines that occurred from the Pliocene to early Holocene.[1][2] Its skull resembled that of modern hartebeests, but it differed in having a larger body size and wildebeest-like proportions.[3]Megalotragus includes some of the largest bovid species in the subfamily Alcelaphinae, reaching a shoulder height of 1.4 m (4.6 ft). The genus consists of three species of which Megalotragus priscus survived until the early Holocene 7.500 C14yBP.[2]
^ abThackeray, John Francis. (2015). Faunal Remains from Holocene Deposits, Excavation 1, Wonderwerk Cave, South Africa. African Archaeological Review.
^Brink, J.S. (2005). The Evolution of the Black Wildebeest, Connochaetes gnou, and Modern Large Mammal Faunas in Central Southern Africa(PDF) (PhD). University of Stellenbosch.
11 in), Megalotragus is probably the largest alcelaphine bovid ever recorded, much bigger than the extant wildebeest. The skull of Megalotragus is similar...
Kenya during the Pleistocene. It was originally named as a species of Megalotragus. Rusingoryx is known for its strange pointed nose with a large nasal...
O'Brien et al. (2024), who find that only Rusingoryx atopocranion and Megalotragus sp. were migratory, while finding no definitive evidence for migration...
affected other megafauna from this environment like the giant hartebeest Megalotragus, giant zebra Equus capensis, springbok Antidorcas bondi, and bluebuck...
capable of browsing dicots when grasses became unpalatable or scarce. Megalotragus, another extinct African antelope from the Pleistocene-Holocene border...
systems, Luapula, Zambia Last seen between 1980 and 1985. Giant wildebeest Megalotragus priscus Southern and possibly eastern Africa Most recent remains at Wonderwerk...
a clade whose other members were Damalops, Numidocapra, Rabaticeras, Megalotragus, Oreonagor, and Connochaetes. An analysis using phylogeographic patterns...
after the end of the Last Glacial Period. 6130-3950 BC Giant hartebeest Megalotragus priscus Southern Africa; Eastern Africa? 6050-5050 BC Dire wolf Aenocyon...
Pleistocene and is also considered to be possibly extinct. The long-legged Megalotragus is possibly the largest known alcelaphine bovid, bigger than the extant...
Tierkloof. Among the animals depicted in these paintings is a possible Megalotragus, a large animal of a long extinct bovine genus. This suggests that some...
carnivores. In total, 29 taxa, including the oldest Ancylotherium and Megalotragus fossils in southern Africa were recovered. Some of the taxa from Matjhabeng...
1932 he circumscribed both Kolpochoerus, a prehistoric pig genus, and Megalotragus, an extinct antelope genus. Taxa with the specific epithet of vanhoepeni...
Eotragus Genus Kipsigicerus Genus Leptobos Subfamily Alcelaphinae Genus Megalotragus Genus Parmularius Subfamily Antilopinae Genus Gazella Gazella psolea...
Mungos, a genet, an African wild dog, a horse, a pig, a klipspringer, a Megalotragus antelope, a large alcelaphine antelope, a relative of the harnessed bushbuck...
Antidorcas bondi), wildebeest (Connochaetes gnou), and the giant hartebeest (Megalotragus priscus). They are bigger and heavier than modern specimens, which suggests...
relatives of the Kobus family. K. sigmoidalis Members D, E, F, and G. Megalotragus M. sp. An alcelaphine. Menelikia M. lyrocera Members C, E, F, G, H, I...
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