Pliocene Bovidae (Mammalia) from the Koro Toro Australopithecine sites, Chad
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title={Pliocene Bovidae (Mammalia) from the Koro Toro Australopithecine sites, Chad},
author={Denis Geraads and Michel Brunet and Hassan Taisso Mackaye and Patrick Vignaud},
year={2001}
}Abstract The Australopithecus-bearing sites of Koro Toro in central Chad yielded at least 9 species of bovids (Ruminantia: Bovidae). They all belong to genera found in North and/or East Africa, but three new species are named. Kobus korotorensis, sp. nov. is quite distinct from East African species, and is probably an early offshoot from primitive Reduncines. Kobus tchadensis, sp. nov. is more like some East African forms. Parmularius pachyceras, sp. nov. should rather be compared with a North…
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