Soergelia

Soergelia Temporal range: Pleistocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Soergelia mayfieldi . Holotype.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Bovidae
Subfamily:	Caprinae
Tribe:	Ovibovini
Genus:	† Soergelia Schaub, 1951 [1]
Type species
† Soergelia elisabethae Schaub, 1951

Soergelia is a genus of extinct ovibovine caprine that was common across Europe, North America and Asia in the Pleistocene epoch. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Species include:

• †Soergelia brigittaeKostopolous, 1997 ^[5]
• †Soergelia minorMoyà-Solà, 1987. Found in Italy.
• †Soergelia intermediaCrégut-Bonnoure & Dimitrijević, 2006. Found in Macedonia. ^[6]
• †Soergelia elisabethaeSchaub, 1951 ^[1]
• †Soergelia mayfieldiTroxell, 1915. Found in Texas. ^{[7] [8]}

Palaeoecology

δ¹³C, δ¹⁵N, and δ¹⁸O measurements from S. minor at the Early Pleistocene site of Venta Micena in southeastern Spain reveal it to have been a mixed feeder. ^[9]

References

1. Schaub, Samuel (1951). "Soergella n. gen., ein Caprine aus dem thüringischen Altpleistocaen". Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae. 44: 375–381.
2. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database".
3. Palombo, Maria Rita; Giovinazzo, Caterina; Rozzi, Roberto (2010). "The early to middle Pleistocene Italian Bovidae: Biochronology and palaeoecology" (PDF). Quaternary stratigraphy and paleontology of the southern Russia. Rostov-on-Don. pp. 118–120. ISBN   978-5-902982-83-8.
4. Martínez-Navarro, Bienvenido; Sardella, Raffaele; Rook, Lorenzo; Bellucci, Luca; Ros-Montoya, Sergio (2012). "First occurrence of Soergelia (Ovibovini, Bovidae, Mammalia) in the Early Pleistocene of Italy". Quaternary International. 267: 98–102. Bibcode:2012QuInt.267...98M. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2012.02.031.
5. Kostopoulos, Dimitris S. (1997). "The Pilo-Pleistocene artiodactyls (Vertebrata, Mammalia) of Macedonia 1. The fossiliferous site "Apollonia-1", Mygdonia basin of Greece". Geodiversitas. 19 (4): 845–875.
6. Crégut-Bonnoure, Evelyne; Dimitrijević, Vesna (2006). "Megalovis balcanicus sp. nov. and Soergelia intermedia sp. nov. (Mammalia, Bovidae, Caprinae), new Ovibovini from the Early Pleistocene of Europe". Revue de Paléobiologie. 25 (2). Genève: 723–773. ISSN   0253-6730.
7. Troxell, Edward L. (1915). "A fossil ruminant from Rock Creek, Texas, Preptoceras mayfieldi sp. nov". American Journal of Science. Ser. 4. 40 (239): 479–482. Bibcode:1915AmJS...40..479T. doi:10.2475/ajs.s4-40.239.479.
8. "Soergelia mayfieldi (Troxell, 1915)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility . Retrieved 30 August 2017.
9. Palmqvist, P.; Perez-Claros, J. A.; Janis, C. M.; Figueirido, B.; Torregrosa, V.; Grocke, D. R. (1 November 2008). "Biogeochemical and Ecomorphological Inferences On Prey Selection and Resource Partitioning Among Mammalian Carnivores In An Early Pleistocene Community" (PDF). PALAIOS. 23 (11): 724–737. Bibcode:2008Palai..23..724P. doi:10.2110/palo.2007.p07-073r. ISSN   0883-1351 . Retrieved 24 September 2024.