Soergelia is a genus of extinct ovibovine caprine that was common across Europe, North America and Asia in the Pleistocene epoch.[2][3][4]

Soergelia
Temporal range: Pleistocene
Soergelia mayfieldi. Holotype.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Subfamily: Caprinae
Tribe: Ovibovini
Genus: Soergelia
Schaub, 1951[1]
Type species
Soergelia elisabethae
Schaub, 1951

Species include:

  • Soergelia brigittae Kostopolous, 1997[5]
  • Soergelia minor Moyà-Solà, 1987. Found in Italy.
  • Soergelia intermedia Crégut-Bonnoure & Dimitrijević, 2006. Found in Macedonia.[6]
  • Soergelia elisabethae Schaub, 1951[1]
  • Soergelia mayfieldi Troxell, 1915. Found in Texas.[7][8]

Palaeoecology

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δ13C, δ15N, and δ18O measurements from S. minor at the Early Pleistocene site of Venta Micena in southeastern Spain reveal it to have been a mixed feeder.[9]

References

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  1. ^ a b Schaub, Samuel (1951). "Soergella n. gen., ein Caprine aus dem thüringischen Altpleistocaen". Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae. 44: 375–381.
  2. ^ "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database".
  3. ^ Palombo, Maria Rita; Giovinazzo, Caterina; Rozzi, Roberto (2010). "The early to middle Pleistocene Italian Bovidae: Biochronology and palaeoecology" (PDF). Quaternary stratigraphy and paleontology of the southern Russia. Rostov-on-Don. pp. 118–120. ISBN 978-5-902982-83-8.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. ^ Martínez-Navarro, Bienvenido; Sardella, Raffaele; Rook, Lorenzo; Bellucci, Luca; Ros-Montoya, Sergio (2012). "First occurrence of Soergelia (Ovibovini, Bovidae, Mammalia) in the Early Pleistocene of Italy". Quaternary International. 267: 98–102. Bibcode:2012QuInt.267...98M. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2012.02.031.
  5. ^ Kostopoulos, Dimitris S. (1997). "The Pilo-Pleistocene artiodactyls (Vertebrata, Mammalia) of Macedonia 1. The fossiliferous site "Apollonia-1", Mygdonia basin of Greece". Geodiversitas. 19 (4): 845–875.
  6. ^ Crégut-Bonnoure, Evelyne; Dimitrijević, Vesna (2006). "Megalovis balcanicus sp. nov. and Soergelia intermedia sp. nov. (Mammalia, Bovidae, Caprinae), new Ovibovini from the Early Pleistocene of Europe". Revue de Paléobiologie. 25 (2). Genève: 723–773. ISSN 0253-6730.
  7. ^ Troxell, Edward L. (1915). "A fossil ruminant from Rock Creek, Texas, Preptoceras mayfieldi sp. nov" (PDF). American Journal of Science. Ser. 4. 40 (239): 479–482. Bibcode:1915AmJS...40..479T. doi:10.2475/ajs.s4-40.239.479.
  8. ^ "Soergelia mayfieldi (Troxell, 1915)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  9. ^ Palmqvist, P.; Perez-Claros, J. A.; Janis, C. M.; Figueirido, B.; Torregrosa, V.; Grocke, D. R. (1 November 2008). "Biogeochemical and Ecomorphological Inferences On Prey Selection and Resource Partitioning Among Mammalian Carnivores In An Early Pleistocene Community". PALAIOS. 23 (11): 724–737. doi:10.2110/palo.2007.p07-073r. ISSN 0883-1351. Retrieved 24 September 2024 – via GeoScienceWorld.