Urmiatherium
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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: | †Urmiatherium Rodler, 1889 |
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Urmiatherium is an extinct genus of caprine bovid that inhabited Eurasia during the Neogene period.
Palaeoecology
[edit]Urmiatherium rugosifrons is believed to have been a grazer, and is the only grazing herbivore found in the Late Miocene ruminant fossil assemblage of Samos.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Urmiatherium". BioLib.
- ^ Solounias, Nikos; Dawson-Saunders, Beth (June 1988). "Dietary adaptations and paleoecology of the Late Miocene ruminants from Pikermi and Samos in Greece". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 65 (3–4): 149–172. doi:10.1016/0031-0182(88)90021-1. Retrieved 14 September 2024 – via Elsevier Science Direct.
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