Tragoportax amalthea

Denis Geraards, 2017, Late Miocene large mammals from Mahmutgazi, Denizli province, Western Turkey, Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie-Abhandlungen 284 (3), pp. 241-257 : 244

- Tragoportax amalthea , based upon a good sample of tooth rows ; the genus identification is also acceptable, according to her fig. 11; a maxilla in the SMNK ( Fig. 1M ) probably also belongs here.

Figures

Fig. 1. Artiodactyla from Mahmutgazi. A-L – Samotherium major. A: left mandible Ma3 (A1: occlusal view; A2: lateral view of the rostral part). B, maxilla with P3-M2 Ma2-Gips29. C-D: tibiae in anterior view (C: MA2-Gips16; D: Ma2- Gips11). E: distal humerus n°54, anterior view. F-H: metacarpals in anterior view (F: Ma2-Gips17; G, H: Ma2-Gips20). I: cubonavicular Ma1-Gips10, distal view, to show the absence of plantar metatarsal facet. J: astragalus Ma1-Gips10, anterior view. K: upper deciduous tooth-row Ma1-Gips3. L: lower dp3-dp4 Ma1-Gips11. M – Tragoportax sp., right upper tooth row. N: Miotragocerus (Pikermicerus) gaudryi, left lower tooth-row. Scale bar = 5 cm for Figs. M, N, 10 cm for Figs. A, B, and I-L, 25 cm for Figs. C-H.