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genus

Macrotragus Chen & Zhang, 2007

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  class Mammalia - mammals »  order Artiodactyla - even-toed ungulates »  family Bovidae - cattle, antelopes, sheep and goats »  tribus Caprini

Type taxon:? Protoryx shansiensis Bohlin, 1935

Included taxa

Number of records: 3

species Macrotragus bohlini (Teilhard de Chardin & Trassaert, 1938)
Tertiary: Upper Miocene – Zanclean
species Macrotragus planifrons (Bohlin, 1935)
Tertiary: Upper Miocene
species Macrotragus shansiensis (Bohlin, 1935)
Tertiary: Upper Miocene

Links and literature

Chen G., Zhang Z., 2007: Restudy of Chinese fossil bovids referred to Protoryx (Bovidae, Artiodactyla). Vertebrata Palasiatica, 45(2):98-109. [as Macrotragus]
EN The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [1266390]

Rees, T. (compiler): The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [https://www.irmng.org] [as Macrotragus Chen & Zhang, 2007]
Data retrieved on: 30 November 2019

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Explanations

extinct taxon