Miotragocerus
Extinct genus of antelope
Miotragocerus Temporal range: Miocene, 12–8 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Bovidae |
Subfamily: | Bovinae |
Tribe: | Boselaphini |
Genus: | †Miotragocerus Stromer, 1928 |
Type species | |
†Miotragocerus monacensis Stromer, 1928 | |
Other species | |
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Miotragocerus is an extinct genus of bovid that once lived in Europe in 12 to 8 million years ago. They were most likely browsers, according to their fossilized teeth and jaw shape.[1][2] They were likely to have lived near bodies of water, such as many antelope species today.