Paraprotoryx

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| fossil_range = {{fossil range|Miocene}}

| genus = Paraprotoryx

| parent_authority = Bohlin, 1935

| species = minor

| authority = Bohlin, 1935

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Paraprotoryx was a genus of caprine bovid that lived during the Miocene epoch.

Geographic range

Fossilised remains of the species Paraprotoryx minor have been found in China, where it was a member of the Baode Fauna.{{Cite journal |last=Qiu |first=Zhanxiang |last2=Qiu |first2=Zhuding |date=June 1995 |title=Chronological sequence and subdivision of Chinese Neogene mammalian faunas |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/003101829400095P |journal=Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology |language=en |volume=116 |issue=1-2 |pages=41–70 |doi=10.1016/0031-0182(94)00095-P |access-date=7 September 2024 |via=Elsevier Science Direct|url-access=subscription }}

References

Category:Monotypic prehistoric Artiodactyla genera

Category:Prehistoric bovids

Category:Fossils of China

Category:Miocene Asia

Category:Fossil taxa described in 1935

Category:Taxa named by Birger Bohlin