Megalotragus

Megalotragus was a genus of very large African alcelaphines that occurred from the Pliocene to early Holocene.[1][2] It resembled modern hartebeests, but differed in larger body size, it includes the largest bovids in the tribe Alcelaphini, reaching a shoulder height of 1.4 m (4.6 ft). The genus consists of three species of which Megalotragus priscus survived until the early Holocene 7.500 C14yBP.[2]