Lantiantragus Chen and Zhang 2004 (antelope)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Bovidae

Full reference: G.-F. Chen and Z.-Q. Zhang. 2004. Lantiantragus gen. nov. (Urmiatheriinae, Bovidae, Artiodactyla) from the Bahe Formation, Lantian, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 42(3):205-215

Parent taxon: Urmiatheriinae according to G.-F. Chen and Z.-Q. Zhang 2004

Sister taxa: Plesiaddax, Shaanxispira, Turcocerus

Subtaxa: Lantiantragus longirostralis

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Type: Lantiantragus longirostralis

Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

Distribution: found only at Lantian Loc. 12 (Miocene to Miocene of China)

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