Amphitragulus
Appearance
Amphitragulus Temporal range: Late Oligocene to Early Miocene
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Skulls of A. lemanensis, Museum Histoire Naturelle, Paris | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Infraorder: | Pecora |
Genus: | †Amphitragulus Pomel, 1847 |
Amphitragulus is an extinct genus of Artiodactyla, endemic to Europe during the early Miocene.[1] It has been found in Aragon (Spain), Ronheim (Germany), Sardinia (Italy), France and Kazakhstan and range from 33 - 15.97 million years old.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ I. C. Caria. 1953. L'Amphitragulus boulangeri Pomel, primo mammifero terrestre segnalato nel miocene della Sardegna. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 59(2):91-95
- ^ S. G. Lucas, E. G. Kordikova, and R. J. Emry. 1998. Oligocene stratigraphy, sequence stratigraphy, and mammalian biochronology north of the Aral Sea, Western Kazakhstan. Bulletin of Carnegie Museum of Natural History 34:313-348