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Aragoral

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Aragoral
Temporal range: Late Miocene
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Genus: Aragoral
Alcala & Morales, 1997
Species:
A. mudejar
Binomial name
Aragoral mudejar
Alcala & Morales, 1997

Aragoral is an extinct genus of caprine bovid that inhabited the Iberian Peninsula during the Late Miocene.

Taxonomy

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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

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  1. ^ 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.