Aragoral
Appearance
Aragoral Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Bovidae |
Genus: | †Aragoral Alcala & Morales, 1997 |
Species: | †A. mudejar
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Binomial name | |
†Aragoral mudejar Alcala & Morales, 1997
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Aragoral is an extinct genus of caprine bovid that inhabited the Iberian Peninsula during the Late Miocene.
Taxonomy
[edit]Aragoral is a monospecific genus containing the species Aragoral mudejar and is believed to be closely related to primitive members of the Hippotraginae-Caprinae group.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Alcalá, Luis; Morales, Jorge (June 1997). "A primitive caprine from the Upper Vallesian of La Roma 2 (Alfambra, Teruel, Aragon, Spain)". Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences - Series IIA - Earth and Planetary Science. 324 (11): 947–953. doi:10.1016/S1251-8050(97)82509-8. Retrieved 11 September 2024 – via Elsevier Science Direct.