Parmularius

{{Short description|Extinct genus of mammals}} {{about|the animal|the type of gladiator|Parmularius (gladiator type)}} {{Automatic Taxobox | fossil_range = Pliocene - Pleistocene | taxon = Parmularius | authority = Hopwood, 1934 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = * ''P. pachyceras'' * ''P. ambiquus'' * ''P. pandatus'' * ''P. atlanticus'' * ''P. rugosus'' * ''P. altidens'' * ''P. angusticornis'' * ''P. maasaicus'' }}

'''''Parmularius''''' is a genus of large extinct African alcelaphines from the Pliocene and Pleistocene. It is a close relative of topi and hartebeest. One species is noticeable by its long, weakly curved horns.<ref>{{citation|title=The Hunters Or the Hunted?: Introduction to African Cave Taphonomy |author= Charles Kimberlin Brain|year=1981|publisher=University of Chicago Press|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=E4JyZgr8y50C&dq=Parmularius&pg=PA170|isbn=978-0-226-07089-6}}</ref><ref>Hopwood, 1934 : New fossil Mammals from Olduvai, Tanganyika Territory. ''Annals & Magazine of Natural History Series'', vol. 10, 14 p. 546-550.</ref>

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Category:Alcelaphinae Category:Prehistoric bovids Category:Pliocene Artiodactyla Category:Pleistocene Artiodactyla Category:Pleistocene genus extinctions Category:Pliocene mammals of Africa Category:Pleistocene mammals of Africa Category:Prehistoric Artiodactyla genera