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Prostrepsiceros

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Prostrepsiceros
Temporal range: Miocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Placentalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Genus: Prostrepsiceros
Major, 1891
Fossil of Protostrepsiceros
Fossil of Prostrepsiceros

Prostrepsiceros was a genus of bovid from the Miocene epoch.

Geographic range

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P. rotundicornis is known from fossils from Greece[1] and Turkey.[2] P. houtumschindleri occurs in Turkey.[3] P. vallesiensis is known from Greece.[4]

References

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  1. Roussiakis, Socrates J. (1 October 2009). "Prostrepsiceros and Protragelaphus (Artiodactyla, Mammalia) from the Late Miocene locality of Chomateri (Attica, Greece)". Annales de Paléontologie. 95 (4): 181–195. Bibcode:2009AnPal..95..181R. doi:10.1016/j.annpal.2009.09.002. ISSN 0753-3969 via Elsevier Science Direct.
  2. Kostopoulos, Dimitris S. (2005). "The Bovidae (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) from the late Miocene of Akkașdağı, Turkey". Geodiversitas. 27 (4): 747–791. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
  3. Bibi, Faysal; Güleç, Erksin Savas (12 June 2008). "Bovidae (Mammalia: Artiodactyla) from the late Miocene of Sivas, Turkey". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 28 (2): 501–519. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2008)28[501:BMAFTL]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0272-4634. Retrieved 21 September 2024 via Taylor and Francis Online.
  4. Kostopoulos, Dimitris S. (1 December 2009). "Contribution to the systematics and phylogeny of Prostrepsiceros vallesiensis Bouvrain, 1982 (Mammalia, Bovidae)". Geodiversitas. 31 (4): 879–891. doi:10.5252/g2009n4a879. ISSN 1280-9659. Retrieved 6 September 2024 via BioOne Digital Library.