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Extinct species of mammal

Afrotragus
Temporal range: Miocene PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Subfamily: Antilopinae
Genus: Afrotragus
Geraads, 2017
Species: A. premelampus
Binomial name
Afrotragus premelampus
Harris, 2003

Afrotragus is an extinct genus of bovid that inhabited Kenya during the Miocene epoch.

References

  1. Geraads, Denis (17 January 2019). "A reassessment of the Bovidae (Mammalia) from the Nawata Formation of Lothagam, Kenya, and the late Miocene diversification of the family in Africa" (PDF). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 17 (2): 169–182. doi:10.1080/14772019.2017.1403493. ISSN 1477-2019. Retrieved 18 September 2024 – via Taylor and Francis Online.
Taxon identifiers
Afrotragus
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