The Maragheh bovids (Mammalia, Artiodactyla): systematic revision and biostratigraphiczoogeographic interpretation Author Kostopoulos, Dimitrios S. Author Bernor, Raymond L. text Geodiversitas 2011 2011-12-31 33 4 649 708 http://dx.doi.org/10.5252/g2011n4a6 journal article 10.5252/g2011n4a6 1638-9395 5377377 Genus Demecquenemia n. gen. TYPE SPECIES. — Demecquenemia rodleri ( Pilgrim & Hopwood, 1928 ) n. comb. ETYMOLOGY. — Dedicated to R. de Mecquenem, one of the Maragheh pioneers. DIAGNOSIS. — As for the single known species. TAXONOMIC OVERVIEW Rodler & Weithofer (1890) described a frontlet from Maragheh (NHMW A4898) as a new species, Gazella capricornis , to which Mecquenem (1925) assigned later several specimens from the same area, now in MNHN.F. Pilgrim & Hopwood (1928) were the first authors to point out that “ Gazella capricornis ” from Maragheh is a different species from Gazella capricornis from Pikermi, and proposed referring the Maragheh bovid to a new species, Gazella rodleri . Pilgrim (1939) suggested affiliations of G. rodleri with Oioceros Gaillard, 1902 , an idea rejected by Gentry (1970) but adopted by Solounias (1981) . Korotkevich (1976) ascribed to this species a rich sample from Belka ( Ukraine ) and she assigned it to a new subgenus Procapra ( Vetaprocapra ) rodleri , the type species of which is Antilope capricornis Wagner, 1848 . Bernor (1978) refers to the species as Gazella rodleri but Bouvrain (1996) explicitly excluded it from Gazella . Gentry & Heizman (1996) challenged once again its generic attribution and provisionally allocated it to Hispanodorcas Thomas, Morales & Heintz, 1982 .