Megalotragus

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Megalotragus is an extinct genus of large African antelopes known from Pleistocene fossils and related to modern wildebeest and hartebeest.

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Label Occurrences
Megalotragus canonical 1

Statements (36)

Predicate Object
instanceOf extinct genus
prehistoric antelope
belongsTo Bovidae genera
class Mammalia
diet herbivorous
evolutionaryRelationship closely related to modern alcelaphine antelopes
extinctionStatus extinct
family Bovidae
firstAppearance Pleistocene epoch
fossilEvidence cranial remains
postcranial remains
fossilTypeLocality Africa
geographicDistribution Africa
habitat open grasslands
savanna environments
hasCharacteristic elongated face
large body size
specialized limb morphology for running
hasScientificNameAuthorship based on fossil description
kingdom Animalia
knownFrom African Pleistocene deposits
fossil record
lifestyle terrestrial
locomotion cursorial
order Artiodactyla
phylum Chordata
relatedTo Alcelaphus
Connochaetes
hartebeest
wildebeest
resembles modern hartebeest
modern wildebeest
subfamily Alcelaphinae
taxonRank genus
temporalRange Pleistocene epoch
surface form: Pleistocene
trophicLevel primary consumer

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Subject: Megalotragus
Description of subject: Megalotragus is an extinct genus of large African antelopes known from Pleistocene fossils and related to modern wildebeest and hartebeest.

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Alcelaphinae containsTaxon Megalotragus