| Turcocerus Temporal range:
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Genus: | †Turcocerus Köhler, 1988 |
Turcocerus is an extinct genus of caprine bovid that lived in Eurasia during the Neogene period.
Distribution
T. gracilis is known from Turkey.12 T. halamagaiensis inhabited the Junggar Basin of China.3 T. africanus is known from Kenya.
References
References
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- Gentry, A.W. (June–August 1990). "Ruminant artiodactyls of Paşalar, Turkey". Journal of Human Evolution. 19 (4–5): 529–550. Bibcode:1990JHumE..19..529G. doi:10.1016/0047-2484(90)90063-H. Retrieved 12 September 2024 – via Elsevier Science Direct.
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