Miotragocerus acrae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Bovoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Grandordo: Ferungulata Mirordo: Euungulata Ordo: Artiodactyla Cladus: Artiofabula Cladus: Cetruminantia Cladus: Ruminantiamorpha Subordo: Ruminantia Infraordo: Pecora Superfamilia: Bovoidea

Familia: Bovidae
Subfamilia: Bovinae
Tribus: †Tragoportacini
Genus: †Miotragocerus
Species: †Miotragocerus acrae

Name

Miotragocerus acrae (Gentry, 1974)

Holotype: SAM L13101

Type locality: "Langebaanweg in the Cape Province"; South Africa

Etymology: "ἀκρα (acra) a cape ... given as a Latinized genitive singular"

Synonymy

• Mesembriportax acrae Gentry, 1974: 146 [Protonym]
• Miotragocerus acrae (Gentry, 1974) Gentry, 2010: 749
• Tragoportax acrae (Gentry, 1974) Spassov & Geraads, 2004: 341

References

Primary references

• Gentry, A.W. 1974. A new genus and species of Pliocene boselphine (Bovidae, Mammalia) from South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum 65(5): 145–188. BHL Reference page. 
• Spassov, N. & Geraads, D. 2004. Tragoportax Pilgrim, 1937 and Miotragocerus Stromer, 1928 (Mammalia, Bovidae) from the Turolian of Hadjidimovo, Bulgaria, and a revision of the late Miocene Mediterranean Boselaphini. Geodiversitas 26(2): 339–370. ResearchGate Online Reference page. 
• Gentry, A.W. 2010. Bovidae. pp. 741–796. In Werdelin, L. & Sanders, W.J. (eds.) Cenozoic Mammals of Africa. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-25721-4 Reference page.