Pliotragus

Pliotragus; Temporal range: Pliocene–Early Pleistocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Bovidae
Subfamily:	Caprinae
Genus:	†Pliotragus
Species:	†P. ardeus
Binomial name
	†Pliotragus ardeus; Deperet, 1883

Pliotragus is an extinct genus of caprine bovid that lived in Eurasia during the Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs.

Palaeobiology

Palaeoecology

According to dental mesowear scoring, Pliotragus ardeus was a browser or browse-dominated mixed feeder; in Europe, they were likely mixed feeders while specimens from China show scores closer to browsing herbivores.

References

↑ "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Archived from the original on 24 January 2025. Retrieved 22 December 2025.
↑ Bai, Weipeng; Croitor, Roman; Zhang, Limin; Dong, Wei (31 December 2025). "The first record of Pliotragus (Artiodactyla: Bovidae) in the Early Pleistocene of eastern Asia; contribution to its systematics, palaeohabitat and palaeobiogeography". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 23 (1). doi:10.1080/14772019.2025.2518101. ISSN 1477-2019. Retrieved 23 December 2025 – via Taylor and Francis Online.

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[1] "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Archived from the original on 24 January 2025. Retrieved 22 December 2025.

[2] Bai, Weipeng; Croitor, Roman; Zhang, Limin; Dong, Wei (31 December 2025). "The first record of Pliotragus (Artiodactyla: Bovidae) in the Early Pleistocene of eastern Asia; contribution to its systematics, palaeohabitat and palaeobiogeography". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 23 (1). doi:10.1080/14772019.2025.2518101. ISSN 1477-2019. Retrieved 23 December 2025 – via Taylor and Francis Online.