| Miotragocerus Temporal range: Miocene, | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Subfamily: | Bovinae |
| Tribe: | † Tragoportacini |
| Genus: | † Miotragocerus Stromer, 1928 |
| Type species | |
| †Miotragocerus monacensis Stromer, 1928 | |
| Other species | |
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Miotragocerus is an extinct genus of bovine bovid native to Eurasia during the latter part of the Miocene epoch, from around 13 to 6 million years ago, spanning from Europe to China. [1]
The placement of Miotragocerus is disputed. Some studies have considered it a member of the living antelope tribe Boselaphini, [2] with others have placed it in the extinct tribe Tragoportacini. [1] A 2021 phylogenetic analysis considered it to be a basal member of the tribe Bovini, and the closest known relative to the possibly extinct saola (Pseudoryx). [3]
M. gluten possessed teeth that were brachydont to sub-hypsodont in their morphology. [4]
The dental mesowear of Miotragocerusgluten from Chabbar Syedan in Pakistan evidences that the species was a browsing herbivore that potentially occasionally engaged in mixed feeding. [5] Dental microwear of Miotragocerus gaudryi from the Late Miocene of Bulgaria suggests that it was a folivorous browser. [6]
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