Afrotragus

{{Short description|Extinct species of mammal}}

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| fossil_range = {{Geological age|Miocene}}

| genus = Afrotragus

| parent_authority = Geraads, 2017

| species = premelampus

| authority = Harris, 2003

}}

Afrotragus is an extinct genus of bovid that inhabited Kenya during the Miocene epoch.{{Cite journal |last=Geraads |first=Denis |date=17 January 2019 |title=A reassessment of the Bovidae (Mammalia) from the Nawata Formation of Lothagam, Kenya, and the late Miocene diversification of the family in Africa |url=https://hal.sorbonne-universite.fr/hal-01684030/file/Geraads_Lothagam_Bovidae_JournalofSystematicPalaeontology.pdf |journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology |language=en |volume=17 |issue=2 |pages=169–182 |doi=10.1080/14772019.2017.1403493 |issn=1477-2019 |access-date=18 September 2024 |via=Taylor and Francis Online}}

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