Sporadotragus was a genus of caprine bovid that inhabited Eurasia during the Miocene epoch.

Sporadotragus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Genus: Sporadotragus
Kretzoi, 1968

Distribution

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The species S. vasili is known from the fossil sites of Strumyani and Kalimantsi in Bulgaria.[1] S. parvidens is known from Greece,[2] as well as from the Yatağan Basin of southwestern Turkey.[3] S. tadzhikistanicus is known from Afghanistan.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Geraads, Denis; Spassov, Nikolaï; Kovachev, Dimitar (2006). "A new Sporadotragus (Bovidae, Mammalia) from the late Miocene of Bulgaria". Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia. 112 (3): 473. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
  2. ^ Koufos, George D.; Kostopoulos, Dimitris S.; Vlachou, Theodora D.; Konidaris, George E. (March–June 2011). "A synopsis of the late Miocene Mammal Fauna of Samos Island, Aegean Sea, Greece". Geobios. 44 (2–3): 237–251. Bibcode:2011Geobi..44..237K. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2010.08.004. Retrieved 7 September 2024 – via Elsevier Science Direct.
  3. ^ Kostopoulos, Dimitris S.; Karakütük, Seval (17 June 2013). "Late Miocene bovids from Şerefköy-2, SW Turkey, and their position within the sub-Paratethyan biogeographic province". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. doi:10.4202/app.2012.0129. Retrieved 7 September 2024 – via BioOne Digital Library.
  4. ^ Merceron, Gildas; Blondel, Cécile; Brunet, Michel; Sen, Sevket; Solounias, Nikos; Viriot, Laurent; Heintz, Emile (14 May 2004). "The Late Miocene paleoenvironment of Afghanistan as inferred from dental microwear in artiodactyls". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 207 (1–2): 143–163. Bibcode:2004PPP...207..143M. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2004.02.008. Retrieved 7 September 2024 – via Elsevier Science Direct.