Sporadotragus Explained

Sporadotragus was a genus of caprine bovid that inhabited Eurasia during the Miocene epoch.

Distribution

The species S. vasili is known from the fossil sites of Strumyani and Kalimantsi in Bulgaria.[1] S. parvidens is known from Greece,[2] as well as from the Yatağan Basin of southwestern Turkey.[3] S. tadzhikistanicus is known from Afghanistan.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Geraads . Denis . Spassov . Nikolaï . Kovachev . Dimitar . 2006 . A new Sporadotragus (Bovidae, Mammalia) from the late Miocene of Bulgaria . Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia . en . 112 . 3 . 473 . 7 September 2024.
  2. 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 . . en . 44 . 2–3 . 237–251 . 10.1016/j.geobios.2010.08.004 . 2011Geobi..44..237K . 7 September 2024 . Elsevier Science Direct.
  3. 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 . . 10.4202/app.2012.0129 . 7 September 2024 . BioOne Digital Library. free .
  4. 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 . . en . 207 . 1–2 . 143–163 . 10.1016/j.palaeo.2004.02.008 . 2004PPP...207..143M . 7 September 2024 . Elsevier Science Direct.

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