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Turcocerus
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
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. T. halamagaiensis inhabited the Junggar Basin of China.

References

  1. Geraads, Denis; Güleç, Erksin; Gerçek, Saraç (6 October 1995). "Middle Miocene Ruminants from Inönü, Central Turkey". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Monatshefte. 1995 (8): 462–474. doi:10.1127/njgpm/1995/1995/462. ISSN 0028-3630. Retrieved 12 September 2024 – via ResearchGate.
  2. Gentry, A.W. (June–August 1990). "Ruminant artiodactyls of Paşalar, Turkey". Journal of Human Evolution. 19 (4–5): 529–550. doi:10.1016/0047-2484(90)90063-H. Retrieved 12 September 2024 – via Elsevier Science Direct.
  3. 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.
Taxon identifiers
Turcocerus


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