Miotragocerus
Miotragocerus is an extinct genus of bovid that once lived in Europe in 10 to 8 million years ago. They were most likely browsers, according to their fossilized teeth and jaw shape. They were likely to have lived near bodies of water, such as many antelope species today.
| Miotragocerus Temporal range: Miocene, | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Subfamily: | Bovinae |
| Tribe: | Boselaphini |
| Genus: | †Miotragocerus Stromer, 1928 |
| Type species | |
| †Miotragocerus monacensis Stromer, 1928 | |
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