Tethytragus
Extinct genus of mammals
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Tethytragus was a genus of caprine bovid that lived in the Middle[2] and Late Miocene.[3]
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Genus: | †Tethytragus Azanza & Morales, 1994 |
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Geographic range
Palaeoecology
Tethytragus was a grazer or a mixed feeder in its feeding habits.[4] Dental microwear and mesowear analyses of T. langai give conflicting evidence as to its dietary habits; the latter suggests an exclusively grazing diet while the former suggests mixed feeding habits; the totality of the evidence suggests the species was a mixed feeder on the grazing end of the spectrum between browsers and grazers.[5] Paired 87Sr/86Sr, δ18OCO3, and δ13C measurements from the tooth enamel of Tethytragus sp. from the Middle Miocene site of Gratkörn in Austria show it to have been a canopy browser that exclusively ingested C3 plants.[6]
