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''Soergelia'' is a
genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
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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 ...
ovibovine The subfamily Caprinae, also sometimes referred to as the tribe Caprini, is part of the ruminant family Bovidae, and consists of mostly medium-sized bovids. A member of this subfamily is called a caprine, or, more informally, a goat-antelope (a ...
caprine that was common across
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in the
Pleistocene The Pleistocene ( , often referred to as the ''Ice age'') is the geological Epoch (geology), epoch that lasted from about 2,580,000 to 11,700 years ago, spanning the Earth's most recent period of repeated glaciations. Before a change was fina ...
epoch.
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Soergelia brigittae ''Soergelia'' is a genus of extinct ovibovine caprine that was common across Europe, North America and Asia in the Pleistocene epoch. Species include: * '' Soergelia brigittae'' * ''Soergelia minor'' . Found in Italy. * ''Soergelia interm ...
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Soergelia minor ''Soergelia'' is a genus of extinct ovibovine caprine that was common across Europe, North America and Asia in the Pleistocene epoch. Species include: * '' Soergelia brigittae'' * '' Soergelia minor'' . Found in Italy. * '' Soergelia inte ...
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Soergelia intermedia ''Soergelia'' is a genus of extinct ovibovine caprine that was common across Europe, North America and Asia in the Pleistocene epoch. Species include: * '' Soergelia brigittae'' * ''Soergelia minor'' . Found in Italy. * '' Soergelia inter ...
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Soergelia elisabethae ''Soergelia'' is a genus of extinct ovibovine caprine that was common across Europe, North America and Asia in the Pleistocene epoch. Species include: * '' Soergelia brigittae'' * ''Soergelia minor'' . Found in Italy. * '' Soergelia inter ...
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Soergelia mayfieldi ''Soergelia'' is a genus of extinct ovibovine caprine that was common across Europe, North America and Asia in the Pleistocene epoch. Species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organi ...
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Prehistoric bovids Prehistoric mammals of North America Pleistocene even-toed ungulates Pleistocene genus extinctions Fossil taxa described in 1951 Prehistoric even-toed ungulate genera Prehistoric mammals of Asia Prehistoric mammals of Europe {{Paleo-eventoedungulate-stub