Protoryx

Protoryx is an extinct genus of goat-antelope. A new species, P. tuvaensis, was described by E. L. Dmitrieva and N. V. Serdyuk in 2011, from Russia.[1]

Protoryx
Temporal range: Late Miocene to Early Pliocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Subfamily: Caprinae
Genus: โ€ Protoryx
Forsyth Major, 1891

References

  1. E. L. Dmitrieva and N. V. Serdyuk (2011). "Hippotraginae (Bovidae, Artiodactyla, Mammalia) from the Late Miocene of Tuva". Paleontological Journal 45 (6): 665โ€“673. doi:10.1134/S0031030111060050.


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