| Miotragocerus Temporal range: Miocene, 12–8 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Subfamily: | Bovinae |
| Tribe: | †Tragoportacini |
| Genus: | †Miotragocerus Stromer, 1928 |
| Type species | |
| †Miotragocerus monacensis Stromer, 1928 | |
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Miotragocerus is an extinct genus of bovid that once lived in Europe in 12 to 8 million years ago. They were most likely browsers, according to their fossilized teeth and jaw shape. 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
- "New fossil remains of Tragoportax and Miotragocerus".
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| Miotragocerus | |