Palaeoreas

Palaeoreas
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Genus: †Palaeoreas
Gaudry, 1861
Species
  • Palaeoreas lindermayeri Wagner, 1848
  • Palaeoreas sinensis Schlosser, 1903

Palaeoreas was a genus of Miocene bovid from Europe.

Geographic range

Palaeoreas lindermayeri fossils have been found in Bulgaria and Greece.

Palaeoecology

Based on fossils from Pikermi and Samos, P. lindermayeri is believed to have had a browsing feeding style. However, dental wear patterns on P. lindermayeri remains from northern Greece instead show it to have been a variable grazer or mixed feeder.

References

  1. ↑ Palaeoreas in the Paleobiology Database
  2. ↑ Geraads, Denis; Spassov, Nikolaï; Kovachev, Dimitar (2003). "Palaeoreas lindermayeri (Wagner, 1848) (Mammalia, Bovidae) from the upper Miocene of Bulgaria, and a revision of the species". Geodiversitas. 25: 405. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
  3. ↑ Kostopoulos, Dimitris S.; Soubise, Juliette (July–September 2018). "Palaeoreas, Majoreas, and Stryfnotherium gen. nov. (Mammalia: Artiodactyla: Bovidae) from the Late Miocene of Greece". Annales de Paléontologie. 104 (3): 231–247. Bibcode:2018AnPal.104..231K. doi:10.1016/j.annpal.2018.04.002. Retrieved 6 September 2024 – via Elsevier Science Direct.
  4. ↑ Solounias, Nikos; Dawson-Saunders, Beth (June 1988). "Dietary adaptations and paleoecology of the Late Miocene ruminants from Pikermi and Samos in Greece". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 65 (3–4): 149–172. Bibcode:1988PPP....65..149S. doi:10.1016/0031-0182(88)90021-1. Retrieved 6 September 2024 – via Elsevier Science Direct.
  5. ↑ Merceron, Gildas; de Bonis, Louis; Viriot, Laurent; Blondel, Cécile (25 February 2005). "Dental microwear of fossil bovids from northern Greece: paleoenvironmental conditions in the eastern Mediterranean during the Messinian". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 217 (3–4): 173–185. Bibcode:2005PPP...217..173M. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2004.11.019. Retrieved 7 September 2024 – via Elsevier Science Direct.