Olonbulukia is an extinct genus of caprine from the Late Miocene. It is monotypic, containing the only species Olonbulukia tsaidamensis.
Olonbulukia Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Bovidae |
Subfamily: | Caprinae |
Tribe: | Caprini |
Genus: | †Olonbulukia Bohlin, 1937 |
Species: | †O. tsaidamensis
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Binomial name | |
†Olonbulukia tsaidamensis Bohlin, 1937
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Distribution
editFossils of the species Olonbulukia tsaidamensis have been found in northern China.[1][2]
References
edit- ^ Wang, Shi-Qi; Yang, Qing; Zhao, Ya; Li, Chun-Xiao; Shi, Qin-Qin; Zong, Li-Yi; Ye, Jie (March 2019). "New Olonbulukia material and its related assemblage reveal an early radiation of stem Caprini along the north of the Tibetan Plateau". Journal of Paleontology. 93 (2): 385–397. doi:10.1017/jpa.2018.65. ISSN 0022-3360. Retrieved 7 September 2024 – via Cambridge Core.
- ^ Sun, Jimin; Zhang, Zhenqing; Zhang, Liyuan (1 February 2009). "New evidence on the age of the Taklimakan Desert". Geology. 37 (2): 159–162. doi:10.1130/G25338A.1. ISSN 1943-2682. Retrieved 7 September 2024 – via GeoScienceWorld.