Eotragus
{{Short description|Extinct genus of mammals}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| fossil_range = Early Miocene
| image = Eotragus sansaniensis.JPG
| image_caption = Eotragus sansaniensis
| taxon = Eotragus
| authority = Pilgrim, 1939
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
- †E. sansaniensis
- †E. cristatus
- †E. halamagaiensis
- †E. noyei
- †E. artenensis
}}
File:Eotragus sansaniensis horn cores.JPG
Eotragus is an extinct genus of early bovid. Species belonging to the genus inhabited Europe, Africa, and Asia during the Miocene some 20-18 million years ago. It is related to the modern nilgai and four-horned antelope. It was small and probably lived in woodland environments.
Palaeoecology
E. lampangensis, based on carbon isotope studies, inhabited habitats intermediate between forest and grassland.{{Cite journal |last=Suraprasit |first=Kantapon |date=17 June 2013 |title=Middle Miocene Bovidae from Mae Moh Basin, Northern Thailand: the first record of the genus Eotragus from Southeast Asia |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |doi=10.4202/app.2012.0061 |doi-access=free }}
References
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External links
- [http://www.helsinki.fi/~mhaaramo/metazoa/deuterostoma/chordata/synapsida/eutheria/artiodactyla/bovioidea/boselaphini.html Bovidae: Bovinae: Boselaphini]
- [https://www.paleodb.org The Paleobiology Database]
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Category:Fossil taxa described in 1939
Category:Prehistoric Artiodactyla genera
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