Antilope fossil map
Where fossils of Antilope have been found, shown on the Earth as it looked about 5 million years ago and on today’s map.
Dots are fossil collections recorded in the Paleobiology Database. The “then” view moves today’s fossil sites back to their positions 5 million years ago (the time slice nearest the median age of the fossils) using the Merdith et al. (2021) plate model; positions are approximate. Open on the timeline map →
| Group | Early mammals |
|---|---|
| Lived | 23.04 million years ago to the present (Aquitanian to Holocene) |
| Periods | Neogene, Quaternary |
| Family | Bovidae |
| Named by | Pallas 1766 |
| Fossil records | 60 occurrences at 27 locations (PBDB) |
| Found in | India, Kenya, China, Ethiopia, South Africa, Ukraine, Tanzania, Romania, Philippines, Spain … |
| Rock formations | txn:42742, Babladanga, Lothagam 1, Nawata and Nachukui, Chemeron, Mpesida |
About Antilope
Antilope is a genus of twisted-horn bovid that contains a single living species, the blackbuck of South Asia. Two extinct species are also known.
Many fossil antelopes were included in this genus, but have since been placed in new genera; for example the species formerly known as Antilope planicornis is now placed in its own genus, Nisidorcas.
Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Antilope (revision 1296249412), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; introduction excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Ages, family, authority and fossil records: Paleobiology Database, accessed 23 October 2026. Ages are those of the rock layers the fossils were found in. Wikidata: Q1416078.
