Paraprotoryx
| Paraprotoryx Temporal range:
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Subfamily: | Caprinae |
| Tribe: | Caprini |
| Genus: | † Bohlin, 1935 |
| Species: | †P. minor
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| Binomial name | |
| †Paraprotoryx minor Bohlin, 1935
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Paraprotoryx was a genus of caprine bovid that lived during the Miocene epoch.
Geographic range
Fossilised remains of the species Paraprotoryx minor have been found in China, where it was a member of the Baode Fauna.[1]
References
- ^ Qiu, Zhanxiang; Qiu, Zhuding (June 1995). "Chronological sequence and subdivision of Chinese Neogene mammalian faunas". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 116 (1–2): 41–70. doi:10.1016/0031-0182(94)00095-P. Retrieved 7 September 2024 – via Elsevier Science Direct.