Miotragocerus
| Miotragocerus Temporal range: Miocene,
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Subfamily: | Bovinae |
| Tribe: | †Tragoportacini |
| Genus: | †Miotragocerus Stromer, 1928 |
| Type species | |
| †Miotragocerus monacensis Stromer, 1928
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Miotragocerus is an extinct genus of bovine bovid native to Eurasia during the latter part of the Miocene epoch, from around 13 to 6 million years ago, spanning from Europe to China.[1]
Taxonomy
The placement of Miotragocerus is disputed. Some studies have considered it a member of the living antelope tribe Boselaphini,[2] with others have placed it in the extinct tribe Tragoportacini.[1] A 2021 phylogenetic analysis considered it to be a basal member of the tribe Bovini, and the closest known relative to the possibly extinct saola (Pseudoryx).[3]
Description
M. gluten possessed teeth that were brachydont to sub-hypsodont in their morphology.[4]
Ecology
The dental mesowear of Miotragocerus gluten from Chabbar Syedan in Pakistan evidences that the species was a browsing herbivore that potentially occasionally engaged in mixed feeding.[5] Dental microwear of Miotragocerus gaudryi from the Late Miocene of Bulgaria suggests that it was a folivorous browser.[6]
References
- ^ a b Shi, Qin-Qin; Zhang, Zhao-Qun (January 2023). "New material of Miotragocerus (Bovidae, Artiodactyla) from northern China and its systematic implications". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 21 (1). doi:10.1080/14772019.2023.2194891. ISSN 1477-2019. Retrieved 25 September 2025 – via Taylor and Francis Online.
- ^ Hartung, Josephina; Lechner, Thomas; Böhme, Madelaine (18 December 2020). "New cranial material of Miotragocerus monacensis (Mammalia: Bovidae) from the late Miocene hominid locality Hammerschmiede (Germany)". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen. 298 (3): 269–284. doi:10.1127/njgpa/2020/0948. ISSN 0077-7749. Retrieved 25 September 2025 – via Schweizerbart Science Publishers.
- ^ Calamari, Zachary T. (June 2021). "Total Evidence Phylogenetic Analysis Supports New Morphological Synapomorphies for Bovidae (Mammalia, Artiodactyla)". American Museum Novitates (3970): 1–38. doi:10.1206/3970.1. hdl:2246/7267. ISSN 0003-0082. S2CID 235441087. Archived from the original on 2023-03-14. Retrieved 2022-02-08.
- ^ Department of Zoology, University of Gujrat, Gujrat, Pakistan; Aftab, Kiran; Shadab, Muhammad; Department of Zoology, University of Gujrat, Gujrat, Pakistan; Khan, Muhammad A.; Dr. Abu Bakr Fossil Display & Research Centre, Institute of Zoology, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan; Hussain, Mubashar; Department of Zoology, University of Gujrat, Gujrat, Pakistan; Babar, Muhammad A.; Department of Zoology, University of Okara, Okara, Pakistan; Abbas, Syed G.; Department of Zoology, University of Sialkot, Sialkot, Pakistan; Malik, Muhammad F.; Department of Zoology, University of Gujrat, Gujrat, Pakistan; Iqbal, Riffat (11 November 2021). "New fossils of Miotragocerus gluten from the Lower Siwaliks, Pakistan". Kuwait Journal of Science. doi:10.48129/kjs.15777.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Nawaz, M. K.; Aftab, Kiran; Khan, Muhammad A.; Abbas, Syed G.; Asim, M.; Babar, Muhammad A.; Hussain, Mubashar; Akhtar, M. (7 January 2022). "MESOWEAR AND PALEODIETS OF MIDDLE MIOCENE MAMMALS FROM CHABBAR SYEDAN, PUNJAB, PAKISTAN". The Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences. 32 (1): 60–68. doi:10.36899/JAPS.2022.1.0402. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
- ^ Merceron, Gildas; Zazzo, Antoine; Spassov, Nikolaï; Geraads, Denis; Kovachev, Dimitar (November 2006). "Bovid paleoecology and paleoenvironments from the Late Miocene of Bulgaria: Evidence from dental microwear and stable isotopes". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 241 (3–4): 637–654. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.05.005. Retrieved 24 September 2025 – via Elsevier Science Direct.