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Palaeoreas

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Palaeoreas
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Genus: Palaeoreas
Gaudry, 1861
Species[1]
  • Palaeoreas lindermayeri Wagner, 1848
  • Palaeoreas sinensis Schlosser, 1903

Palaeoreas was a genus of Miocene bovid from Europe.

Geographic range

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Palaeoreas lindermayeri fossils have been found in Bulgaria[2] and Greece.[3]

Palaeoecology

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Based on fossils from Pikermi and Samos, P. lindermayeri is believed to have had a browsing feeding style.[4] However, dental wear patterns on P. lindermayeri remains from northern Greece instead show it to have been a variable grazer or mixed feeder.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Palaeoreas in the Paleobiology Database
  2. ^ Geraads, Denis; Spassov, Nikolaï; Kovachev, Dimitar (2003). "Palaeoreas lindermayeri (Wagner, 1848) (Mammalia, Bovidae) from the upper Miocene of Bulgaria, and a revision of the species". Geodiversitas. 25: 405. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
  3. ^ Kostopoulos, Dimitris S.; Soubise, Juliette (July–September 2018). "Palaeoreas, Majoreas, and Stryfnotherium gen. nov. (Mammalia: Artiodactyla: Bovidae) from the Late Miocene of Greece". Annales de Paléontologie. 104 (3): 231–247. Bibcode:2018AnPal.104..231K. doi:10.1016/j.annpal.2018.04.002. Retrieved 6 September 2024 – via Elsevier Science Direct.
  4. ^ Solounias, Nikos; Dawson-Saunders, Beth (June 1988). "Dietary adaptations and paleoecology of the Late Miocene ruminants from Pikermi and Samos in Greece". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 65 (3–4): 149–172. Bibcode:1988PPP....65..149S. doi:10.1016/0031-0182(88)90021-1. Retrieved 6 September 2024 – via Elsevier Science Direct.
  5. ^ Merceron, Gildas; de Bonis, Louis; Viriot, Laurent; Blondel, Cécile (25 February 2005). "Dental microwear of fossil bovids from northern Greece: paleoenvironmental conditions in the eastern Mediterranean during the Messinian". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 217 (3–4): 173–185. Bibcode:2005PPP...217..173M. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2004.11.019. Retrieved 7 September 2024 – via Elsevier Science Direct.