Turcocerus

Turcocerus; Temporal range: Neogene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Placentalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Bovidae
Genus:	†Turcocerus; Köhler, 1988

Turcocerus is an extinct genus of caprine bovid that lived in Eurasia during the Neogene period.

Distribution

T. gracilis is known from Turkey.^[1]^[2] T. halamagaiensis inhabited the Junggar Basin of China.^[3] T. africanus is known from Kenya.

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↑ Li, Yikun; Li, Qiang; Ni, Xijun; Wang, Shiqi; Aiglstorfer, Manuela; Deng, Tao (12 June 2020). Hautier, Lionel (ed.). "The oldest known bovid from China and reappraisal of the Chinese ' Eotragus '". Papers in Palaeontology. 7 (2): 913–929. doi:10.1002/spp2.1319. ISSN 2056-2799. Retrieved 12 September 2024 – via Wiley Online Library.