Tethytragus

Tethytragus Temporal range: Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Bovidae
Genus:	† Tethytragus Azanza & Morales, 1994
Species [1]
†Tethytragus koehlerae Azanza & Morales, 1994 †Tethytragus langai Azanza & Morales, 1994 †Tethytragus stehlini (Thenius, 1951)

Tethytragus was a genus of caprine bovid that lived in the Middle ^[2] and Late Miocene. ^[3]

Geographic range

Fossils of the genus have been found in Spain ^[2] and Turkey. ^[3]

Palaeoecology

Tethytragus was a grazer or a mixed feeder in its feeding habits. ^[4] Dental microwear and mesowear analyses of T. langai give conflicting evidence as to its dietary habits; the latter suggests an exclusively grazing diet while the former suggests mixed feeding habits; the totality of the evidence suggests the species was a mixed feeder on the grazing end of the spectrum between browsers and grazers. ^[5] Paired ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr, δ¹⁸O_CO3, and δ¹³C measurements from the tooth enamel of Tethytragus sp. from the Middle Miocene site of Gratkörn in Austria show it to have been a canopy browser that exclusively ingested C₃ plants. ^[6]

References

1. "Tethytragus". BioLib.
2. Demiguel, Daniel; Sánchez, Israel M.; Alba, David M.; Galindo, Jordi; Robles, Josep M.; Moyà-Solà, Salvador (31 October 2012). "First evidence of Tethytragus Azanza and Morales, 1994 (Ruminantia, Bovidae), in the Miocene of the Vallès-Penedès Basin (Spain)" . Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology . 32 (6): 1457–1462. Bibcode:2012JVPal..32.1457D. doi:10.1080/02724634.2012.696082. ISSN   0272-4634 . Retrieved 4 September 2024– via Taylor and Francis Online.
3. Bibi, Faysal; Güleç, Erksin Savas (12 June 2008). "Bovidae (Mammalia: Artiodactyla) from the late Miocene of Sivas, Turkey" . Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology . 28 (2): 501–519. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2008)28[501:BMAFTL]2.0.CO;2. ISSN   0272-4634 . Retrieved 4 September 2024– via Taylor and Francis Online.
4. DeMiguel, Daniel; Azanza, Beatriz; Morales, Jorge (1 April 2010). "Trophic flexibility within the oldest Cervidae lineage to persist through the Miocene Climatic Optimum" . Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology . 289 (1–4): 81–92. Bibcode:2010PPP...289...81D. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.02.010 . Retrieved 4 September 2024– via Elsevier Science Direct.
5. DeMiguel, Daniel; Azanza, Beatriz; Morales, Jorge (15 March 2011). "Paleoenvironments and paleoclimate of the Middle Miocene of central Spain: A reconstruction from dental wear of ruminants" . Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology . 302 (3–4): 452–463. Bibcode:2011PPP...302..452D. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2011.02.005 . Retrieved 6 September 2024– via Elsevier Science Direct.
6. Aiglstorfer, Manuela; Bocherens, Hervé; Böhme, Madelaine (18 February 2014). "Large mammal ecology in the late Middle Miocene Gratkorn locality (Austria)" . Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments. 94 (1): 189–213. Bibcode:2014PdPe...94..189A. doi:10.1007/s12549-013-0145-5. ISSN   1867-1594 . Retrieved 27 November 2024– via Springer Nature Link.