Soergelia mayfieldi

Soergelia mayfieldi
Posterior view of skull. Holotype.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Artiodactyla
Family:Bovidae
Subfamily:Caprinae
Genus:†Soergelia
Species: †S. mayfieldi
Binomial name
Soergelia mayfieldi
(Troxell, 1915)
Synonyms
  • Preptoceras mayfieldi Troxell, 1915[1]
  • (?)Euceratherium (Preptoceras) mayfieldi (Troxell, 1915)[2]

Soergelia mayfieldi, or commonly Soergel's ox, is an extinct species of ovibovine caprine. Although initially placed in the genus Preptoceras, it was moved to the genus Soergelia by C. R. Harington.[3]

Specimens include:

References

  1. 1 2 Troxell, Edward L. (1915). "A fossil ruminant from Rock Creek, Texas, Preptoceras mayfieldi sp. nov". American Journal of Science. Ser. 4. 40 (239): 479–482. doi:10.2475/ajs.s4-40.239.479.
  2. ↑ Frick, Childs (1937). Horned ruminants of North America. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 69. p. 552. hdl:2246/362.
  3. ↑ Kurtén, Björn (1988). Before the Indians. New York: Columbia University Press. p. 46. ISBN 9780231065832.
  4. ↑ Eshelman, Ralph; Hager, Michael (1984). "Two Irvingtonian (Medial Pleistocene) Vertebrate Faunas from North-Central Kansas". In Genoways, Hugh H.; Dawson, Mary R. Contributions in Quaternary Vertebrate Paleontology: A Volume in Memorial to John E. Guilday. Special Publication of Carnegie Museum of Natural History. 8. Pittsburgh. pp. 378–379.

Further reading

  • Schultz, G. E. (1990). "Stop 8: Biostratigraphy and Volcanic Ash Deposits of the Tule Formation, Briscoe County, Texas". In Gustavson, Thomas C. Tertiary and Quaternary Stratigraphy and Vertebrate Paleontology of Parts of Northwestern Texas and Eastern New Mexico (PDF). Austin: Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin. pp. 60–64.
  • Harington, Richard (1961). History, Distribution, and Ecology of the Muskoxen (M.S.). McGill University. pp. 45–49.
  • Harington, Charles Richard (1977). Pleistocene Mammals of the Yukon Territory (Ph.D.). University of Alberta. pp. 869–870 – via ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global.
  • Hibbard, Claude W. (1955). "Pleistocene Vertebrates from the Upper Becerra (Becerra Superior) Formation, Valley of Tequixquiac, Mexico, with Notes on Other Pleistocene Forms". Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan. 12 (5): 81. hdl:2027.42/48290; Pl. 7, Fig. 1.
  • Nelson, Michael E.; Neas, John (1980). "Pleistocene Musk Oxen from Kansas". Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. 83 (4): 227. JSTOR 3628410.


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