Afrotragus
Appearance
Afrotragus Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Bovidae |
Subfamily: | Antilopinae |
Genus: | †Afrotragus Geraads, 2017 |
Species: | †A. premelampus
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Binomial name | |
†Afrotragus premelampus Harris, 2003
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Afrotragus is an extinct genus of bovid that inhabited Kenya during the Miocene epoch.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Geraads, Denis (17 January 2019). "A reassessment of the Bovidae (Mammalia) from the Nawata Formation of Lothagam, Kenya, and the late Miocene diversification of the family in Africa" (PDF). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 17 (2): 169–182. doi:10.1080/14772019.2017.1403493. ISSN 1477-2019. Retrieved 18 September 2024 – via Taylor and Francis Online.