| Fossil range | Late Pliocene - Early Pleistocene |
|---|---|
| Extinct | yes |
| Genus | Syncerus |
| Species | acoelotus |
| Authority | Gentry and Gentry, 1978[1] |
Syncerus acoelotus is an extinct species of bovid closely related to the Cape buffalo. It lived during the Late Pliocene and Early Pleistocene.[2]
Fossils of this species were first found in the Olduvai Gorge in 1962, and it was described in 1978.[1] S. acoelotus was larger than, and probably ancestral to, its living relative.
References
- ^ Gentry, A.W. & Gentry, A. (1978). "Fossil Bovidae (Mammalia) of Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania, Part 1". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Geology. 29: 289–446.
- ^ Asfaw, Berhane (2008). Homo Erectus Pleistocene Evidence from the Middle Awash, Ethiopia. University of California Press. p. 68. ISBN 9780520251205.