Tethytragus

Tethytragus
Temporal range: Miocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Genus: †Tethytragus
Azanza & Morales, 1994
Species
  • †Tethytragus koehlerae Azanza & Morales, 1994
  • †Tethytragus langai Azanza & Morales, 1994
  • †Tethytragus stehlini (Thenius, 1951)

Tethytragus was a genus of caprine bovid that lived in the Middle and Late Miocene.

Geographic range

Fossils of the genus have been found in Spain and Turkey.

Palaeoecology

Tethytragus was a grazer or a mixed feeder in its feeding habits. Dental microwear and mesowear analyses of T. langai give conflicting evidence as to its dietary habits; the latter suggests an exclusively grazing diet while the former suggests mixed feeding habits; the totality of the evidence suggests the species was a mixed feeder on the grazing end of the spectrum between browsers and grazers. Paired 87Sr/86Sr, δ18OCO3, and δ13C measurements from the tooth enamel of Tethytragus sp. from the Middle Miocene site of Gratkörn in Austria show it to have been a canopy browser that exclusively ingested C3 plants.

References

  1. ↑ "Tethytragus". BioLib.
  2. 1 2 Demiguel, Daniel; Sánchez, Israel M.; Alba, David M.; Galindo, Jordi; Robles, Josep M.; Moyà-Solà, Salvador (31 October 2012). "First evidence of Tethytragus Azanza and Morales, 1994 (Ruminantia, Bovidae), in the Miocene of the Vallès-Penedès Basin (Spain)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 32 (6): 1457–1462. Bibcode:2012JVPal..32.1457D. doi:10.1080/02724634.2012.696082. ISSN 0272-4634. Retrieved 4 September 2024 – via Taylor and Francis Online.
  3. 1 2 Bibi, Faysal; Güleç, Erksin Savas (12 June 2008). "Bovidae (Mammalia: Artiodactyla) from the late Miocene of Sivas, Turkey". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 28 (2): 501–519. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2008)28[501:BMAFTL]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0272-4634. Retrieved 4 September 2024 – via Taylor and Francis Online.
  4. ↑ DeMiguel, Daniel; Azanza, Beatriz; Morales, Jorge (1 April 2010). "Trophic flexibility within the oldest Cervidae lineage to persist through the Miocene Climatic Optimum". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 289 (1–4): 81–92. Bibcode:2010PPP...289...81D. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.02.010. Retrieved 4 September 2024 – via Elsevier Science Direct.
  5. ↑ DeMiguel, Daniel; Azanza, Beatriz; Morales, Jorge (15 March 2011). "Paleoenvironments and paleoclimate of the Middle Miocene of central Spain: A reconstruction from dental wear of ruminants". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 302 (3–4): 452–463. Bibcode:2011PPP...302..452D. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2011.02.005. Retrieved 6 September 2024 – via Elsevier Science Direct.
  6. ↑ Aiglstorfer, Manuela; Bocherens, Hervé; Böhme, Madelaine (18 February 2014). "Large mammal ecology in the late Middle Miocene Gratkorn locality (Austria)". Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments. 94 (1): 189–213. Bibcode:2014PdPe...94..189A. doi:10.1007/s12549-013-0145-5. ISSN 1867-1594. Retrieved 27 November 2024 – via Springer Nature Link.