Hemitragus bonali, the Bonal tahr, is an extinct species of bovid from the Pleistocene of Europe and the Caucasus mountains region.[2]
| Hemitragus bonali Temporal range: Mid - Late Pleistocene
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| Reconstruction at Museum of Prehistory Tautavel | |
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. bonali
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| †Hemitragus bonali | |
The most recent remains of the Bonal tahr were found in layers dating from 298,000 ± 55,000 ka.[3] The Bonal tahr was closely related (and possibly ancestral to) another extinct European tahr species, Hemitragus cedrensis.[4]
References edit
- ^ Harlé, É.; Stehlin, H. G. (1913). "Un Capridé quaternaire de la Dordogne, voisin du Thar actuel de l'Himalaya". Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France. 4. 13 (1–2): 422–431.
- ^ Crégut, E.; Baryshnikov, G. (2005). New results on the Caprini (Bovidae, Caprinae) from Kudaro I and III (Georgia, Caucasus mountains). pp. 145–159 – via ResearchGate.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^ Moigne, A-M. (2016). "Bone retouchers from Lower Palaeolithic sites: Terra Amata, Orgnac 3, Cagny-l'Epinette and Cueva del Angel". Quaternary International. 409: 195–212. Bibcode:2016QuInt.409..195M. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2015.06.059.
- ^ 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.
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