Budorcas churcheri
| Budorcas churcheri Temporal range: Pliocene | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Subfamily: | Caprinae |
| Tribe: | Caprini |
| Genus: | Budorcas |
| Species: | †B. churcheri |
| Binomial name | |
| †Budorcas churcheri Gentry, 1996[1] | |
Budorcas churcheri is an extinct species of takin that lived in the Pliocene of Ethiopia. Its remains were found in the Hadar Formation.[2][3]
While the living takin is endemic to the region of Tibet, the presence of B. churcheri in the African continent confirms that genus was far more widespread in the past.[3]
The species was named in honor of the distinguished Canadian palaeontologist, C.S. "Rufus" Churcher, by Alan Gentry.
References
- ^ "Budorcas churcheri". Biolib.
- ^ Gentry, A.W. (1996). "A fossil Budorcas (Mammalia, Bovidae) from Africa". Palaeoecology and Palaeoenvironments of Late Cenozoic Mammals: 571–587. doi:10.3138/9781487574154-028. ISBN 9781487574154.
- ^ a b Bibi, F.; Vrba, E.; Fack, F. (2012). "A new African fossil caprin and a combined molecular and morphological Bayesian phylogenetic analysis of caprini (Mammalia: Bovidae)". J Evol Biol. 25 (9): 1843–1854. doi:10.1111/j.1420-9101.2012.02572.x. PMID 22816969.