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Extinct genus of mammals
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Lyrocerus
Temporal range: Neogene PreꞒ Ꞓ 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: Caprinae
Genus: †Lyrocerus
Teilhard de Jardin and Trassaert, 1938
Species

Lyrocerus sata

Lyrocerus is an extinct genus of caprine bovid that inhabited Eurasia during the Neogene period.

Distribution

Lyrocerus sata is known from China, where it was a member of the Mazegou Fauna.

References

  1. Qiu, Zhanxiang; Qiu, Zhuding (June 1995). "Chronological sequence and subdivision of Chinese Neogene mammalian faunas". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 116 (1–2): 41–70. doi:10.1016/0031-0182(94)00095-P. Retrieved 7 October 2024 – via Elsevier Science Direct.
Taxon identifiers
Lyrocerus


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