Pliotragus
| Pliotragus Temporal range:
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Subfamily: | Caprinae |
| Genus: | †Pliotragus |
| Species: | †P. ardeus
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| Binomial name | |
| †Pliotragus ardeus Deperet, 1883
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Pliotragus is an extinct genus of caprine bovid that lived in Eurasia during the Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs.[1]
Palaeobiology
Palaeoecology
According to dental mesowear scoring, Pliotragus ardeus was a browser or browse-dominated mixed feeder; in Europe, they were likely mixed feeders while specimens from China show scores closer to browsing herbivores.[2]
References
- ^ "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Archived from the original on 24 January 2025. Retrieved 22 December 2025.
- ^ Bai, Weipeng; Croitor, Roman; Zhang, Limin; Dong, Wei (31 December 2025). "The first record of Pliotragus (Artiodactyla: Bovidae) in the Early Pleistocene of eastern Asia; contribution to its systematics, palaeohabitat and palaeobiogeography". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 23 (1). doi:10.1080/14772019.2025.2518101. ISSN 1477-2019. Retrieved 23 December 2025 – via Taylor and Francis Online.