Qurliqnoria

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Qurliqnoria
Temporal range: Miocene–Pliocene
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Genus: Qurliqnoria
Bohlin, 1937

Qurliqnoria is an extinct genus of caprine bovid that inhabited Eurasia during the Neogene period.

Distribution

The species C. bohlini and C. chorakensis inhabited Turkey and are believed to represent a chronospecies succession. [1] C. cheni and C. hundesiensis are known from China and likewise appear to represent a chronospecies succession, [2] with fossils of the former dating to the Tortonian, [3] while the latter's remains are from the Pliocene. [4]

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References

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  2. Wang, Xiaoming; Li, Qiang; Tseng, Z. Jack (27 October 2022). "Primitive Tibetan antelope, Qurliqnoria hundesiensis (Lydekker, 1881) (Bovidae, Artiodactyla), from Pliocene Zanda and Kunlun Pass basins and paleoenvironmental implications". Journal of Mammalian Evolution . 30 (1): 245–268. doi:10.1007/s10914-022-09632-6. ISSN   1064-7554 . Retrieved 11 September 2024 via Springer Link.
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  4. Wang, Xiaoming; Jukar, Advait M; Tseng, Z. Jack; Li, Qiang (3 October 2021). "Dragon bones from the heavens: European explorations and early palaeontology in Zanda Basin of Tibet, retracing type locality of Qurliqnoria hundesiensis and Hipparion ( Plesiohipparion ) zandaense". Historical Biology . 33 (10): 2216–2227. doi:10.1080/08912963.2020.1777551. ISSN   0891-2963 . Retrieved 11 September 2024 via Taylor and Francis Online.