Olonbulukia

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Olonbulukia
Temporal range: Late Miocene
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Subfamily: Caprinae
Tribe: Caprini
Genus: Olonbulukia
Bohlin, 1937
Species:
O. tsaidamensis
Binomial name
Olonbulukia tsaidamensis
Bohlin, 1937

Olonbulukia is an extinct genus of caprine from the Late Miocene. It is monotypic, containing the only species Olonbulukia tsaidamensis.

Distribution

Fossils of the species Olonbulukia tsaidamensis have been found in northern China. [1] [2]

References

  1. Wang, Shi-Qi; Yang, Qing; Zhao, Ya; Li, Chun-Xiao; Shi, Qin-Qin; Zong, Li-Yi; Ye, Jie (March 2019). "New Olonbulukia material and its related assemblage reveal an early radiation of stem Caprini along the north of the Tibetan Plateau" . Journal of Paleontology . 93 (2): 385–397. doi:10.1017/jpa.2018.65. ISSN   0022-3360 . Retrieved 7 September 2024 via Cambridge Core.
  2. Sun, Jimin; Zhang, Zhenqing; Zhang, Liyuan (1 February 2009). "New evidence on the age of the Taklimakan Desert" . Geology . 37 (2): 159–162. doi:10.1130/G25338A.1. ISSN   1943-2682 . Retrieved 7 September 2024 via GeoScienceWorld.