Eotragus
Appearance
Eotragus Temporal range: Early Miocene
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Eotragus sansaniensis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Bovidae |
Subfamily: | Bovinae |
Tribe: | Boselaphini |
Genus: | †Eotragus Pilgrim, 1939 |
Species | |
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Eotragus is an extinct genus of early bovid. Species belonging to the genus inhabited Europe, Africa, and Asia during the Miocene some 20-18 million years ago. It is related to the modern nilgai and four-horned antelope. It was small and probably lived in woodland environments.
Palaeoecology
[edit]E. lampangensis, based on carbon isotope studies, inhabited habitats intermediate between forest and grassland.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Suraprasit, Kantapon (17 June 2013). "Middle Miocene Bovidae from Mae Moh Basin, Northern Thailand: the first record of the genus Eotragus from Southeast Asia". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. doi:10.4202/app.2012.0061. Retrieved 7 September 2024 – via BioOne Digital Library.
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