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Linxiatragus

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Linxiatragus
Temporal range: Late Miocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Subfamily: Antilopinae
Tribe: Nesotragini
Genus: Linxiatragus
Species:
L. dengi
Binomial name
Linxiatragus dengi
Wang et. al., 2023

Linxiatragus is an extinct genus of nesotragin antelope that inhabited China during the Miocene epoch.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Wang, Shi-Qi; Sun, Jimin; Li, Chunxiao; Li, Shi-Jie; Fu, Jiao; Jiangzuo, Qigao; Xing, Luda; Yang, Rong (January 2023). "Discovery of a fossil dwarf antelope outside of Africa and its implications for the late Miocene ecosystem in the northeast margin of the Tibetan Plateau". Gondwana Research. 113: 102–115. Bibcode:2023GondR.113..102W. doi:10.1016/j.gr.2022.10.012.