Qurliqnoria

Qurliqnoria is an extinct genus of caprine bovid that inhabited Eurasia during the Neogene period.

Qurliqnoria Temporal range: Miocene–Pliocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Bovidae
Genus:	†Qurliqnoria Bohlin, 1937

Distribution

The species C. bohlini and C. chorakensis inhabited Turkey and are believed to represent a chronospecies succession.^[1] C. cheni and C. hundesiensis are known from China and likewise appear to represent a chronospecies succession,^[2] with fossils of the former dating to the Tortonian,^[3] while the latter's remains are from the Pliocene.^[4]

References

1. Kostopoulos, Dimitris S.; Erol, Ayla Sevim; Mayda, Serdar; Yavuz, Alper Yener; Tarhan, Erhan (1 September 2020). "Qurliqnoria (Bovidae, Mammalia) from the Upper Miocene of Çorakyerler (Central Anatolia, Turkey) and its biogeographic implications". Palaeoworld. 29 (3): 629–635. doi:10.1016/j.palwor.2019.10.003. ISSN 1871-174X. Retrieved 11 September 2024 – via Elsevier Science Direct.
2. Wang, Xiaoming; Li, Qiang; Tseng, Z. Jack (27 October 2022). "Primitive Tibetan antelope, Qurliqnoria hundesiensis (Lydekker, 1881) (Bovidae, Artiodactyla), from Pliocene Zanda and Kunlun Pass basins and paleoenvironmental implications". Journal of Mammalian Evolution. 30 (1): 245–268. doi:10.1007/s10914-022-09632-6. ISSN 1064-7554. Retrieved 11 September 2024 – via Springer Link.
3. Tseng, Z Jack; Wang, Xiaoming; Li, Qiang; Xie, Guangpu (19 February 2022). "Qurliqnoria (Mammalia: Bovidae) fossils from Qaidam Basin, Tibetan Plateau and deep-time endemism of the Tibetan antelope lineage". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 196 (3): 990–1012. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab117. ISSN 0024-4082. Retrieved 11 September 2024 – via Oxford Academic.
4. Wang, Xiaoming; Jukar, Advait M; Tseng, Z. Jack; Li, Qiang (3 October 2021). "Dragon bones from the heavens: European explorations and early palaeontology in Zanda Basin of Tibet, retracing type locality of Qurliqnoria hundesiensis and Hipparion ( Plesiohipparion ) zandaense". Historical Biology. 33 (10): 2216–2227. doi:10.1080/08912963.2020.1777551. ISSN 0891-2963. Retrieved 11 September 2024 – via Taylor and Francis Online.