Gazellospira
Extinct genus of mammals From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gazellospira is an extinct genus of antelope that lived during the Miocene to Pleistocene in Europe and Asia.[1]
| Gazellospira | |
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| Gazellospira torticornis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Subfamily: | Antilopinae |
| Genus: | †Gazellospira Pilgrim and Schaub 1939 |
Distribution
G. torticornis fossils are known from France,[2] Italy,[3] Crimea,[4] Romania,[5] Greece,[6][7] and Turkey.[8] G. tsaparangensis is known from the Pliocene of the Zanda Basin in Tibet.[9]
Palaeoecology
G. torticornis teeth from the Piacenzian site of Sésklo in Greece indicate that it was a mixed feeder that periodically grazed.[10]
References
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