Protoryx capricornis Schlosser 1904 (antelope)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Bovidae

Alternative combination: Pseudotragus capricornis

Full reference: M. Schlosser. 1904. Die fossilen Cavicornier von Samos. Beiträge zur Paläontologie und Geologie Österreich-Ungarns und des Orients 17:21-118

Belongs to Protoryx according to D. S. Kostopoulos 2009

Sister taxon: Protoryx carolinae

Type specimen: Its type locality is Fossil collection from Samos Island in the BSPG, which is in a Miocene terrestrial horizon in Greece

Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

Distribution:

• Miocene of Greece (2 collections), Lebanon (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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