Soergelia
Extinct genus of mammals
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Soergelia is a genus of extinct ovibovine caprine that was common across Europe, North America and Asia in the Pleistocene epoch.[2][3][4]
| Soergelia Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
| Soergelia mayfieldi. Holotype. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Subfamily: | Caprinae |
| Tribe: | Ovibovini |
| Genus: | †Soergelia Schaub, 1951[1] |
| Type species | |
| †Soergelia elisabethae Schaub, 1951 | |
Species include:
- †Soergelia brigittae Kostopolous, 1997[5]
- †Soergelia minor Moyà-Solà, 1987. Found in Italy.
- †Soergelia intermedia Crégut-Bonnoure & Dimitrijević, 2006. Found in Macedonia.[6]
- †Soergelia elisabethae Schaub, 1951[1]
- †Soergelia mayfieldi Troxell, 1915. Found in Texas.[7][8]
- †Soergelia longdanensis Bai & Wang, 2025 Found in China.[9]