Gangraia, Kostopoulos & Erol & Yavuz & Mayda, 2021

Kostopoulos, Dimitris S., Erol, Ayla Sevim, Yavuz, Alper Yener & Mayda, Serdar, 2021, A new late Miocene bovid (Mammalia: Artiodactyla: Bovidae) from ˙ orakyerler (Turkey), Fossil Record 24 (1), pp. 9-18 : 10

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5194/fr-24-9-2021

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:45161598-BE2C-4660-9BAD-00395D493D85

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11558214

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A4ED4E-FFAC-BD42-E3F3-EC8E78ADFD67

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Felipe

scientific name

Gangraia
status

 

Genus Gangraia nov.

Type and only species

Gangraia anatolica sp. nov.; see below.

Etymology

From “ Γαγγρα ” (= Gangra or Changra), the ancient Greek name of the ˙ankırı area.

Diagnosis

A medium- to large-sized bovid with long, keelless, compressed and transversally ridged horn cores slightly twisted homonymously, inserted widely apart and slightly behind the orbits; sigmoidal horn core curvature in lateral view with variably long straight tips; great basal horn core axis strongly angled compared to the sagittal plane. Braincase short with a distinct dorsal parietal boss; wide-apart temporal crests; strong craniofacial flexion; extensively pneumatized frontals with a single large sinus occupying the pedicle and the base of the horn core; quadrangular shaped and grooved basioccipital with very strong posterior and anterior tuberosities; females horned.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Artiodactyla

Family

Bovidae

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