A NEW <em>SPORADOTRAGUS</em> (BOVIDAE, MAMMALIA) FROM THE LATE MIOCENE OF BULGARIA

A NEW <em>SPORADOTRAGUS</em> (BOVIDAE, MAMMALIA) FROM THE LATE MIOCENE OF BULGARIA

We provide a systematic revision of the late Miocene caprine genus Sporadotragus Kretzoi, 1968, the type-species of which was described from Samos under the specific epithet schafferi. It is distinct from the poorly known Pseudotragus. Some specimens from Samos are rather distinctive, but the whole...

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Main Authors: DENIS GERAADS, NIKOLAÏ SPASSOV, DIMITAR KOVACHEV
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Università degli Studi di Milano 2006-11-01
Series:Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia
Subjects:
Mammalia
Bovidae
Systematics
late Miocene
Turolian
Bulgaria
Balkano-Iranian province
Online Access:https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/RIPS/article/view/6354
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Summary:We provide a systematic revision of the late Miocene caprine genus Sporadotragus Kretzoi, 1968, the type-species of which was described from Samos under the specific epithet schafferi. It is distinct from the poorly known Pseudotragus. Some specimens from Samos are rather distinctive, but the whole morphological variation there encompasses that of Palaeoryx parvidens from Pikermi, and we follow earlier authors in considering the two names as synonymous. New material from two late Miocene localities of south-western Bulgaria, Kalimantsi and Strumyani, is referred to a new species, S. vasili, which is more primitive than the Greek one in some skull features, but not in the horn-core morphology.
ISSN:0035-6883
2039-4942

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