Pheraios Kostopoulos and Koufos 2006 (antelope)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Bovidae

Full reference: D. S. Kostopoulos and G. D. Koufos. 2006. Pheraios chryssomallos, gen. et sp. nov.(Mammalia, Bovidae, Tragelaphini), from the Late Miocene of Thessaly (Greece): Implications for tragelaphin biogeography. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26(2):436-445

Parent taxon: Tragelaphini according to D. S. Kostopoulos and G. D. Koufos 2006

Sister taxa: Taurotragus, Tragelaphus

Subtaxa: Pheraios chryssomallos

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Type: Pheraios chryssomallos

Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

Distribution: found only at Perivolaki (= PER) (Miocene of Greece)

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