Gazella tingitana is an extinct species of gazelle from the Late Pleistocene of Morocco.
| Gazella tingitana Temporal range: Mid - Late Pleistocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Subfamily: | Antilopinae |
| Tribe: | Antilopini |
| Genus: | Gazella |
| Species: | †G. tingitana
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| Binomial name | |
| †Gazella tingitana | |
Arambourg described G. tingitana in 1957 from material at Mugharet el 'Aliya in Morocco, now dated to between 85 and 37 ka (85,000 - 37,000 BP).[2] It was subsequently documented from Mid-to-Late Pleistocene (190,000 - 90 ka) deposits at Jebel Irhoud. Like most living gazelles, it may have been a mixed-feeder.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Gazella tingitana". Fossilworks.
- ^ Arambourg, C. (1957). "Observation sur les gazelles fossiles du Pléistocène supérieur de l'Afrique du Nord". Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afr. Nord. 48: 49–77.
- ^ Faith, J. Tyler (2014). "Late Pleistocene and Holocene mammal extinctions on continental Africa". Earth-Science Reviews. 128: 105–121. doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2013.10.009.