Soergelia

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Soergelia
Temporal range: Pleistocene
Soergelia mayfieldi. Holotype
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Subfamily: Caprinae
Tribe: Ovibovini
Genus: Soergelia
Schaub, 1951[1]
Type species
Soergelia elisabethae

Schaub, 1951

Soergelia is a

ovibovine caprine that was common across Europe, North America and Asia in the Pleistocene epoch.[2][3][4]

Species include:

  • Soergelia brigittae Kostopolous, 1997[5]
  • Soergelia minor Moyà-Solà, 1987. Found in Italy.
  • Soergelia intermedia Crégut-Bonnoure & Dimitrijević, 2006. Found in Macedonia.[6]
  • Soergelia elisabethae Schaub, 1951[1]
  • Soergelia mayfieldi Troxell, 1915. Found in Texas.[7][8]

References

  1. ^ a b Schaub, Samuel (1951). "Soergella n. gen., ein Caprine aus dem thüringischen Altpleistocaen". Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae. 44: 375–381; Pl. 11–12. {{cite journal}}: External link in |postscript= (help)CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  2. ^ "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database".
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  5. ^ Kostopoulos, Dimitris S. (1997). "The Pilo-Pleistocene artiodactyls (Vertebrata, Mammalia) of Macedonia 1. The fossiliferous site "Apollonia-1", Mygdonia basin of Greece". Geodiversitas. 19 (4): 845–875.
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  8. ^ "Soergelia mayfieldi (Troxell, 1915)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 30 August 2017.