Miotragocerus
Temporal range: Miocene,
Scientific classification Edit this 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
Other species
  • † M. gluten Pilgrim, 1937
  • † M. pannoniae Kretzoi, 1941
  • † M. valenciennesi Gaudry, 1861

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

  1. ↑ 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]
  2. ↑ "New fossil remains of Tragoportax and Miotragocerus".
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