Shaanxispira Liu, Li, and Zhai, 1978

Shi, Qinqin, He, Wen & Chen, Shanqin, 2014, A new species of Shaanxispira (Bovidae, Artiodactyla) from the upper Miocene of China, Zootaxa 3794 (4), pp. 501-513 : 502-503

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3794.4.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:844C9EF5-3A66-4F3D-B4FC-DD8081F21FEA
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4914997
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/593887E9-424C-FC0B-FF64-E3A99913FF67
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Shaanxispira Liu, Li, and Zhai, 1978
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Genus Shaanxispira Liu, Li, and Zhai, 1978

Type species. Shaanxispira chowi Liu, Li, and Zhai, 1978

Emended diagnosis of the genus. A bovid of large size; horn-core long and straight, moderately divergent, homonymously twisted, slightly inclined, inserted behind the orbit, and with an antero-medial keel ascending from the antero-medial base of the horn-core to the top. Frontal higher than upper rim of orbit.