''Protragocerus'' is an
extinct
Extinction is the termination of a kind of organism or of a group of kinds (taxon), usually a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and ...
genus of
antelope
The term antelope is used to refer to many species of even-toed ruminant that are indigenous to various regions in Africa and Eurasia.
Antelope comprise a wastebasket taxon defined as any of numerous Old World grazing and browsing hoofed mammals ...
from the late
Serravallian Age (around 13 to 11
million years ago) of the
Miocene Epoch.
Fossils of the genus have been found in
France,
India, and
Saudi Arabia. It is classified under the
tribe Boselaphini,
subfamily
In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end subfamily botanical names with "-oideae", and zoologi ...
Bovinae of the
family Bovidae. The genus was first established by the French
paleontologist Charles Depéret in 1887.
One former species, ''Protragocerus labidotus'' of
Kenya, has been reclassified in its own genus, ''
Kipsigicerus''.
See also
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Eotragus
''Eotragus'' is an extinct genus of early bovid. Species belonging to the genus inhabited Europe, Africa, and Asia during the Miocene some 20-18 million years ago. It is related to the modern nilgai and four-horned antelope. It was small and pr ...
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Tetracerus
The four-horned antelope (''Tetracerus quadricornis''), or ''chousingha'', is a small antelope found in India and Nepal. Its four horns distinguish it from most other bovids, which have two horns (with a few exceptions, such as the Jacob sheep). ...
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Boselaphus
''Boselaphus'' is a genus of bovid. The nilgai is the sole living representative, although one other species is known from the fossil record.
The nilgai along with the four-horned antelope are the only living members of the tribe Boselaphini
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References
Miocene even-toed ungulates
Bovines
Prehistoric bovids
Fossil taxa described in 1987
Prehistoric even-toed ungulate genera
Miocene mammals of Europe
Miocene mammals of Asia
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