Biology:Miotragocerus
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Short description: Extinct genus of antelope
Miotragocerus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Bovidae |
Subfamily: | Bovinae |
Tribe: | Boselaphini |
Genus: | †Miotragocerus Stromer, 1928 |
Type species | |
†Miotragocerus monacensis Stromer, 1928
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Other species | |
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Miotragocerus is an extinct genus of bovid that once lived in Europe in 10 to 8 million years ago. They were most likely browsers, according to their fossilized teeth and jaw shape.[1][2] They were likely to have lived near bodies of water, such as many antelope species today.
References
- ↑ D. S. Kostopoulos. 2016. Artiodactyla - Palaeontology of the upper Miocene vertebrate localities of Nikiti (Chalkidiki Peninsula, Macedonia, Greece). Geobios 49:119-234 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]
- ↑ "New fossil remains of Tragoportax and Miotragocerus". https://www.researchgate.net/publication/261364502.
Wikidata ☰ Q15041548 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miotragocerus.
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