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Sinotragus (Bovidae, Mammalia) from Turkey and the Late Miocene Middle Asiatic Province

2002; E. Schweizerbart; Volume: 2002; Issue: 8 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1127/njgpm/2002/2002/477

ISSN

2700-2012

Autores

Denis Geraads, Erksin Güleç, Tanju Kaya,

Tópico(s)

Primate Behavior and Ecology

Resumo

The Late Miocene Yatağan Formation near Muğla (Turkey) has yielded several specimens of the Bovid Sinotragus, a genus previously known only from Shanxi, China.Among Ungulates, the Rhino Chilotherium, the Giraffid Samotherium and the ovibovines of the Plesiaddax-Urmiatherium group had a similar geographic range.They are undoubtedly open country forms, which attest the extension of such an environment across the whole of Asia around 35° N in Late Miocene times.The discovery of Sinotragus in Turkey thus confirms an idea already put forward 50 years ago by B.Kurtén.

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