# Parmularius

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{{Short description|Extinct genus of mammals}}
{{about|the animal|the type of gladiator|Parmularius (gladiator type)}}
{{Automatic Taxobox
| fossil_range      = [Pliocene](/source/Pliocene) - [Pleistocene](/source/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](/source/genus) of large extinct African [alcelaphines](/source/Alcelaphinae) from the [Pliocene](/source/Pliocene) and [Pleistocene](/source/Pleistocene). It is a close relative of [topi](/source/topi) and [hartebeest](/source/hartebeest). One species is noticeable by its long, weakly curved [horns](/source/Horn_(anatomy)).<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

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