Turcocerus is an extinct genus of caprine bovid that lived in Eurasia during the Neogene period.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Genus: | †Turcocerus Köhler, 1988 |
Distribution
editT. gracilis is known from Turkey.[1][2] T. halamagaiensis inhabited the Junggar Basin of China.[3]
References
edit- ^ Geraads, Denis; Güleç, Erksin; Gerçek, Saraç (6 October 1995). "Middle Miocene Ruminants from Inönü, Central Turkey". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Monatshefte. 1995 (8): 462–474. doi:10.1127/njgpm/1995/1995/462. ISSN 0028-3630. Retrieved 12 September 2024 – via ResearchGate.
- ^ Gentry, A.W. (June–August 1990). "Ruminant artiodactyls of Paşalar, Turkey". Journal of Human Evolution. 19 (4–5): 529–550. doi:10.1016/0047-2484(90)90063-H. Retrieved 12 September 2024 – via Elsevier Science Direct.
- ^ Li, Yikun; Li, Qiang; Ni, Xijun; Wang, Shiqi; Aiglstorfer, Manuela; Deng, Tao (12 June 2020). Hautier, Lionel (ed.). "The oldest known bovid from China and reappraisal of the Chinese ' Eotragus '". Papers in Palaeontology. 7 (2): 913–929. doi:10.1002/spp2.1319. ISSN 2056-2799. Retrieved 12 September 2024 – via Wiley Online Library.
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