Turcocerus

Turcocerus; Temporal range: Neogene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Bovidae
Genus:	† Turcocerus ; Köhler, 1988

Last updated September 01, 2025

Turcocerus is an extinct genus of caprine bovid that lived in Eurasia during the Neogene period.

Distribution

T. gracilis is known from Turkey.^[1]^[2]T. halamagaiensis inhabited the Junggar Basin of China.^[3]T. africanus is known from Kenya.

References

↑ Geraads, Denis; Güleç, Erksin; Gerçek, Saraç (6 October 1995). "Middle Miocene Ruminants from Inönü, Central Turkey" . Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Monatshefte. 1995 (8): 462–474. doi:10.1127/njgpm/1995/1995/462. ISSN 0028-3630 . Retrieved 12 September 2024– via ResearchGate.
↑ Gentry, A.W. (June–August 1990). "Ruminant artiodactyls of Paşalar, Turkey" . Journal of Human Evolution . 19 (4–5): 529–550. Bibcode:1990JHumE..19..529G. doi:10.1016/0047-2484(90)90063-H . Retrieved 12 September 2024– via Elsevier Science Direct.
↑ Li, Yikun; Li, Qiang; Ni, Xijun; Wang, Shiqi; Aiglstorfer, Manuela; Deng, Tao (12 June 2020). Hautier, Lionel (ed.). "The oldest known bovid from China and reappraisal of the Chinese ' Eotragus '" . Papers in Palaeontology . 7 (2): 913–929. doi:10.1002/spp2.1319. ISSN 2056-2799 . Retrieved 12 September 2024– via Wiley Online Library.

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[1] Geraads, Denis; Güleç, Erksin; Gerçek, Saraç (6 October 1995). "Middle Miocene Ruminants from Inönü, Central Turkey" . Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Monatshefte. 1995 (8): 462–474. doi:10.1127/njgpm/1995/1995/462. ISSN 0028-3630 . Retrieved 12 September 2024– via ResearchGate.

[2] Gentry, A.W. (June–August 1990). "Ruminant artiodactyls of Paşalar, Turkey" . Journal of Human Evolution . 19 (4–5): 529–550. Bibcode:1990JHumE..19..529G. doi:10.1016/0047-2484(90)90063-H . Retrieved 12 September 2024– via Elsevier Science Direct.

[3] Li, Yikun; Li, Qiang; Ni, Xijun; Wang, Shiqi; Aiglstorfer, Manuela; Deng, Tao (12 June 2020). Hautier, Lionel (ed.). "The oldest known bovid from China and reappraisal of the Chinese ' Eotragus '" . Papers in Palaeontology . 7 (2): 913–929. doi:10.1002/spp2.1319. ISSN 2056-2799 . Retrieved 12 September 2024– via Wiley Online Library.

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