Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Full reference: G. Lazaridis, D. S. Kostopoulos, G. Lyras and S. Roussiakis. 2017. A new Late Miocene ovibovine-like bovid (Bovidae, Mammalia) from the Kassandra Peninsula (Chalkidiki, Northern Greece) and implications to the phylogeography of the group. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 91:427-437
Belongs to Urmiatherium according to G. Lazaridis et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Urmiatherium intermedium, Urmiatherium rugosifrons
Type specimen: LGPUT FRK19, a partial skull (Skull fragment with occipital, supraoccipital, parietal and parts of the frontals with the right horn core). Its type locality is Fourka (FRK), which is in a Miocene terrestrial sandstone in Greece.
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution: found only at Fourka (FRK)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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