Protovis

Protovis; Temporal range: Late Miocene-Late Pliocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Bovidae
Subfamily:	Caprinae
Genus:	†Protovis
Species:	†P. himalayensis
Binomial name
	†Protovis himalayensis; Wang, Li & Takeuchi, 2016

Protovis himalayensis is a prehistoric species of sheep found in latest Miocene to Late Pliocene-aged^[1] strata of Himalayan Tibet in 2016.^[2]

Protovis was found only by some fragments such as its horns. Its discovery showed that modern mountain sheep first evolved from the genus Protovis.^{[citation needed]}

References[]

^ ^a ^b Wang, Xiaoming, Qiang Li, and Gary T. Takeuchi. "Out of Tibet: an early sheep from the Pliocene of Tibet, Protovis himalayensis, genus and species nov.(Bovidae, Caprini), and origin of Ice Age mountain sheep." Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 36.5 (2016): e1169190.
^ "New species from the Pliocene of Tibet reveals origin of ice age mountain sheep". Science Daily. May 11, 2016.

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[wangetal-1] Wang, Xiaoming, Qiang Li, and Gary T. Takeuchi. "Out of Tibet: an early sheep from the Pliocene of Tibet, Protovis himalayensis, genus and species nov.(Bovidae, Caprini), and origin of Ice Age mountain sheep." Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 36.5 (2016): e1169190.

[2] "New species from the Pliocene of Tibet reveals origin of ice age mountain sheep". Science Daily. May 11, 2016.

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