Urmiatherium

Urmiatherium 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
Subfamily:	Caprinae
Tribe:	Caprini
Genus:	† Urmiatherium Rodler, 1889
Species [1]
Urmiatherium intermedium (Schlosser, 1903) Urmiatherium kassandriensis Lazaridis, Kostopoulos, Lyras & Roussiakis, 2017 Urmiatherium polaki Rodler, 1889 Urmiatherium rugosifrons (Sickenberg, 1932)
Synonyms [1]
Parurmiatherium Sickenberg, 1932

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

Distribution

U. rugosifrons is known from fossil remains found in Greece ^[2] and Turkey. ^[3]

Palaeoecology

U. rugosifrons is believed to have been a grazer, and is the only grazing herbivore found in the Late Miocene ruminant fossil assemblage of Samos. ^[2]

References

1. "Urmiatherium". BioLib.
2. Solounias, Nikos; Dawson-Saunders, Beth (June 1988). "Dietary adaptations and paleoecology of the Late Miocene ruminants from Pikermi and Samos in Greece" . Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology . 65 (3–4): 149–172. Bibcode:1988PPP....65..149S. doi:10.1016/0031-0182(88)90021-1 . Retrieved 14 September 2024– via Elsevier Science Direct.
3. Kaya, Tanju T.; Mayda, Serdar; Kostopoulos, Dimitris S.; Alcicek, Mehmet Cihat; Merceron, Gildas; Tan, Aytekin; Karakutuk, Seval; Giesler, Amanda K.; Scott, Robert S. (January–February 2012). "Şerefköy-2, a new Late Miocene mammal locality from the Yatağan Formation, Muğla, SW Turkey" . Comptes Rendus Palevol . 11 (1): 5–12. Bibcode:2012CRPal..11....5K. doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2011.09.001 . Retrieved 3 November 2024– via Elsevier Science Direct.