Paraprotoryx
Appearance
Paraprotoryx Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Bovidae |
Subfamily: | Caprinae |
Tribe: | Caprini |
Genus: | †Paraprotoryx Bohlin, 1935 |
Species: | †P. minor
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Binomial name | |
†Paraprotoryx minor Bohlin, 1935
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Paraprotoryx was a genus of caprine bovid that lived during the Miocene epoch.
Geographic range
[edit]Fossilised remains of the species Paraprotoryx minor have been found in China, where it was a member of the Baode Fauna.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ 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.