Parastrepsiceros
Extinct genus of mammals
| Parastrepsiceros Temporal range: Pliocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Genus: | †Parastrepsiceros Kostopoulos, 1998 |
Parastrepsiceros is an extinct genus of Pliocene bovid from Eurasia.
Taxonomy
Some authors have suggested that Parastrepsiceros sokolovi is synonymous with and represents an early subspecies of Gazellospira torticornis.[1]
Distribution
Parastrepsiceros koufosi fossils are known from Greece.[2] P. sokolovi inhabited Georgia.[3]
References
- ^ Hermier, Roxane; Merceron, Gildas; Kostopoulos, Dimitris S. (1 August 2020). "The emblematic Eurasian Villafranchian antelope Gazellospira (Mammalia: Bovidae): New insights from the Lower Pleistocene Dafnero fossil sites (Northern Greece)". Geobios. 61: 11–29. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2020.06.006. ISSN 0016-6995. Retrieved 10 September 2024 – via Elsevier Science Direct.
- ^ Kostopoulos, Dimitris S. (1 June 1998). "Parastrepsiceros koufosi n. sp.(Mammalia, Bovidae); note on the possible presence of a Prostrepsiceros descendant in the latest Pliocene of northern Greece" (PDF). Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia. 41 (1): 101–109. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
- ^ Agustí, J.; Vekua, A.; Oms, O.; Lordkipanidze, D.; Bukhsianidze, M.; Kiladze, G.; Rook, L. (December 2009). "The Pliocene-Pleistocene succession of Kvabebi (Georgia) and the background to the early human occupation of Southern Caucasus". Quaternary Science Reviews. 28 (27–28): 3275–3280. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2009.09.001. Retrieved 6 September 2024 – via Elsevier Science Direct.
