Tragoportacini
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Subfamily: | Bovinae |
| Tribe: | †Tragoportacini Bibi et al., 2009 |
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Tragoportacini is a tribe of extinct bovines that first appeared during the Late Miocene and persisted into the Early Pliocene.
Classification
Tragoportacini is a tribe of Bovinae, closely related to Boselaphini, a tribe consisting of the extant nilgai (Boselaphus tragocamelus) and four-horned antelope (Tetracerus quadricornis). Originally, tragoportacines were classified within Boselaphinae, though in 2009 they were split off into a tribe of their own.[1] The tribe consists of six genera: Austroportax, Kipsigicerus, Miotragocerus, Protragocerus, Strepsiportax and Tragoportax,[1] as well as possibly Parabos and Alephis.[2]
References
- 1 2 Bibi, Faysal, Bukhsianidze, Maia, Gentry, Alan W., Geraads, Denis, Kostopoulos, Dimitris S., and Vrba, Elisabeth S., 2009. The Fossil Record and Evolution of Bovidae: State of the Field. Palaeontologia Electronica Vol. 12, Issue 3; 10A: 11p; http://palaeo-electronica.org/2009_3/169/index.html
- ↑ Sorbelli, L.; Bibi, F.; Madurell-Malapeira, J.; Grandi, F.; Moreno-Ribas, E.; Oms, O.; Campeny, G.; Gómez de Soler, B. (2026). "First of a line or last of a dynasty? Parabos tigneresi and the evolution of Eurasian Bovinae in the Early Pliocene". PLOS ONE. 21 (6) e0340256. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0340256.