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Sporadotragus

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Extinct genus of mammals

Sporadotragus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Genus: †Sporadotragus
Kretzoi, 1968

Sporadotragus was a genus of caprine bovid that inhabited Eurasia during the Miocene epoch.

Distribution

The species S. vasili is known from the fossil sites of Strumyani and Kalimantsi in Bulgaria. S. parvidens is known from Greece, as well as from the Yatağan Basin of southwestern Turkey. S. tadzhikistanicus is known from Afghanistan.

References

  1. Geraads, Denis; Spassov, Nikolaï; Kovachev, Dimitar (2006). "A new Sporadotragus (Bovidae, Mammalia) from the late Miocene of Bulgaria". Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia. 112 (3): 473. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
  2. Koufos, George D.; Kostopoulos, Dimitris S.; Vlachou, Theodora D.; Konidaris, George E. (March–June 2011). "A synopsis of the late Miocene Mammal Fauna of Samos Island, Aegean Sea, Greece". Geobios. 44 (2–3): 237–251. Bibcode:2011Geobi..44..237K. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2010.08.004. Retrieved 7 September 2024 – via Elsevier Science Direct.
  3. Kostopoulos, Dimitris S.; Karakütük, Seval (17 June 2013). "Late Miocene bovids from Şerefköy-2, SW Turkey, and their position within the sub-Paratethyan biogeographic province". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. doi:10.4202/app.2012.0129. Retrieved 7 September 2024 – via BioOne Digital Library.
  4. Merceron, Gildas; Blondel, Cécile; Brunet, Michel; Sen, Sevket; Solounias, Nikos; Viriot, Laurent; Heintz, Emile (14 May 2004). "The Late Miocene paleoenvironment of Afghanistan as inferred from dental microwear in artiodactyls". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 207 (1–2): 143–163. Bibcode:2004PPP...207..143M. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2004.02.008. Retrieved 7 September 2024 – via Elsevier Science Direct.
Taxon identifiers
Sporadotragus


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