Sporadotragus

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Sporadotragus
Temporal range: Miocene
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Genus:† Sporadotragus
Kretzoi, 1968

Sporadotragus is an extinct genus of caprine bovid that inhabited Eurasia during the Miocene epoch.

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Distribution

S. tadzhikistanicus is known from Afghanistan. [1] The species S. vasili is known from the fossil sites of Strumyani and Kalimantsi in Bulgaria. [2] S. parvidens is known from Greece, [3] as well as from southwestern Turkey, where its fossils are found in the Yatağan Basin, [4] along with the Beyağaç Basin. [5]

Palaeoecology

Dental microwear suggests that S. tadzhikistanicus had a "meal by meal" mixed feeding diet. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 Merceron, Gildas; Blondel, Cécile; Brunet, Michel; Sen, Sevket; Solounias, Nikos; Viriot, Laurent; Heintz, Emile (14 May 2004). "The Late Miocene paleoenvironment of Afghanistan as inferred from dental microwear in artiodactyls" . Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology . 207 (1–2): 143–163. Bibcode:2004PPP...207..143M. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2004.02.008 . Retrieved 7 September 2024– via Elsevier Science Direct.
  2. ↑ Geraads, Denis; Spassov, Nikolaï; Kovachev, Dimitar (2006). "A new Sporadotragus (Bovidae, Mammalia) from the late Miocene of Bulgaria". Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia. 112 (3): 473. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
  3. ↑ Koufos, George D.; Kostopoulos, Dimitris S.; Vlachou, Theodora D.; Konidaris, George E. (March–June 2011). "A synopsis of the late Miocene Mammal Fauna of Samos Island, Aegean Sea, Greece" . Geobios . 44 (2–3): 237–251. Bibcode:2011Geobi..44..237K. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2010.08.004 . Retrieved 7 September 2024– via Elsevier Science Direct.
  4. ↑ Kostopoulos, Dimitris S.; Karakütük, Seval (17 June 2013). "Late Miocene bovids from Şerefköy-2, SW Turkey, and their position within the sub-Paratethyan biogeographic province". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica . doi: 10.4202/app.2012.0129 .
  5. ↑ Konidaris, George E.; Aytek, Ahmet Ihsan; Kostopoulos, Dimitris S.; Yavuz, Alper Yener; Tarhan, Erhan; Alçiçek, Mehmet Cihat; Uyar, Nail; Harvati, Katerina (23 July 2025). "Kayaca, a new vertebrate locality from the Upper Miocene of Türkiye and its importance for the Turolian biogeography of the eastern peri-Mediterranean region". Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments. doi:10.1007/s12549-025-00666-1. ISSN   1867-1594 . Retrieved 4 September 2025– via Springer Nature Link.


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