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Paraprotoryx

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Paraprotoryx
Temporal range: Miocene
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Subfamily: Caprinae
Tribe: Caprini
Genus: Paraprotoryx
Bohlin, 1935
Species:
P. minor
Binomial name
Paraprotoryx minor
Bohlin, 1935

Paraprotoryx was a genus of caprine bovid that lived during the Miocene epoch.

Geographic range

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Fossilised remains of the species Paraprotoryx minor have been found in China, where it was a member of the Baode Fauna.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Qiu, Zhanxiang; Qiu, Zhuding (June 1995). "Chronological sequence and subdivision of Chinese Neogene mammalian faunas". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 116 (1–2): 41–70. doi:10.1016/0031-0182(94)00095-P. Retrieved 7 September 2024 – via Elsevier Science Direct.