Urmiatherium Explained

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 and Turkey.^[1]

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]

Notes and References

1. 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 . . en . 11 . 1 . 5–12 . 10.1016/j.crpv.2011.09.001 . 2012CRPal..11....5K . 3 November 2024 . Elsevier Science Direct.
2. Solounias . Nikos . Dawson-Saunders . Beth . June 1988 . Dietary adaptations and paleoecology of the Late Miocene ruminants from Pikermi and Samos in Greece . . en . 65 . 3–4 . 149–172 . 10.1016/0031-0182(88)90021-1 . 1988PPP....65..149S . 14 September 2024 . Elsevier Science Direct.