Eotragus
Eotragus Temporal range: Early Miocene
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Eotragus sansaniensis | |
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Bovidae |
Subfamily: | Bovinae |
Tribe: | Boselaphini |
Genus: | †Eotragus Pilgrim, 1939 |
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Horns
Eotragus is an early bovid from 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.
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Categories:
- Prehistoric bovids
- Miocene even-toed ungulates
- Transitional fossils
- Fossil taxa described in 1939
- Prehistoric even-toed ungulate genera
- Prehistoric even-toed ungulate stubs