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Amphitragulus

Amphitragulus is an extinct genus of Artiodactyla, endemic to Europe during the early Miocene. It has been found in Aragon (Spain), Ronheim (Germany), Sardinia (Italy), France and Kazakhstan and range from 33 - 15.97 million years old.

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Amphitragulus
Temporal range: Late Oligocene to Early Miocene
Skulls of A. lemanensis, Museum Histoire Naturelle, Paris
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Placentalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Pecora
Genus: Amphitragulus
Pomel, 1847
Jaw, Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart source ↗

Amphitragulus is an extinct genus of Artiodactyla, endemic to Europe during the early Miocene.1 It has been found in Aragon (Spain), Ronheim (Germany), Sardinia (Italy), France and Kazakhstan and range from 33 - 15.97 million years old.2

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References

  1. I. C. Caria. 1953. L'Amphitragulus boulangeri Pomel, primo mammifero terrestre segnalato nel miocene della Sardegna. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 59(2):91-95
  2. S. G. Lucas, E. G. Kordikova, and R. J. Emry. 1998. Oligocene stratigraphy, sequence stratigraphy, and mammalian biochronology north of the Aral Sea, Western Kazakhstan. Bulletin of Carnegie Museum of Natural History 34:313-348