Pliotragus

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Pliotragus
Temporal range: Pliocene–Early Pleistocene
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Subfamily: Caprinae
Genus:† Pliotragus
Species:
†P. ardeus
Binomial name
†Pliotragus ardeus
Deperet, 1883

Pliotragus is an extinct genus of caprine bovid that lived in Eurasia during the Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs. [1]

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Palaeobiology

Palaeoecology

According to dental mesowear scoring, Pliotragus ardeus was a browser or browse-dominated mixed feeder; in Europe, they were likely mixed feeders while specimens from China show scores closer to browsing herbivores. [2]

References

  1. ↑ "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Archived from the original on 24 January 2025. Retrieved 22 December 2025.
  2. ↑ Bai, Weipeng; Croitor, Roman; Zhang, Limin; Dong, Wei (31 December 2025). "The first record of Pliotragus (Artiodactyla: Bovidae) in the Early Pleistocene of eastern Asia; contribution to its systematics, palaeohabitat and palaeobiogeography". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology . 23 (1). doi:10.1080/14772019.2025.2518101. ISSN   1477-2019 . Retrieved 23 December 2025– via Taylor and Francis Online.
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