Hemitragus cedrensis
| Hemitragus cedrensis Temporal range: Mid - Late Pleistocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Subfamily: | Caprinae |
| Tribe: | Caprini |
| Genus: | Hemitragus |
| Species: | †H. cedrensis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Hemitragus cedrensis | |
Hemitragus cedrensis is an extinct species of bovid known from the Eemian of France[1][3] and the Iberian peninsula.[4]
The other species of Hemitragus are the extinct Hemitragus bonali, also from Europe, and the living Himalayan tahr. H. cedrensis shows intermediate features between that of its two close relatives, and likely evolved from H. bonali.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Crégut-Bonnoure, E. (1989). "Un nouveau Caprinae, Hemitragus cedrensis nov. sp. (Mammalia, Bovidae) des niveaux pléistocènes moyen de la Grotte des Cèdres (le Plan d'Aups, Var). Intéret biogéograhique". Geobios. 22 (5): 653–664. Bibcode:1989Geobi..22..653C. doi:10.1016/S0016-6995(89)80118-4.
- ^ "Hemitragus cedrensis". Fossilworks.
- ^ Szmidt, C.C.; Moncel, M-H.; Daujeard, C. (2010). "New data on the Late Mousterian in Mediterranean France: First radiocarbon (AMS) dates at Saint-Marcel Cave (Ardèche)/Nouveles données sur le Moustérien final de la France méditerranéenne: premières datations radiocarbone (SMA) à la Grotte de Saint-Marcel (Ardèche)". Comptes Rendus Palevol. 9 (4): 185–199. doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2010.05.002.
- ^ Rivals, F.; Blasco, R. (2008). "Presence of Hemitragus aff. cedrensis (Mammalia, Bovidae) in the Iberian Peninsula: Biochronological and biogeographical implications of its discovery at Bolomor Cave (Valencia, Spain)". Comptes Rendus Palevol. 7 (6): 391–399. Bibcode:2008CRPal...7..391R. doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2008.05.003.
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