Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, 41(1) 1998

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VOL 41(1) 1998

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Systematics, Bovidae, latest Pliocene, Greece

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Parastrepsiceros koufosi n. sp. (Mammalia: Bovidae); note on the possible presence of a Prostrepsiceros descendant in the latest Pliocene of northern Greece

• Dimitris S. KOSTOPOULOS

Abstract:

The present paper deals with some bovid remains from the latest Pliocene local­ity of Gerakarou (Mygdonia basin, Greece). The material belongs to the new species of a small, spiral - horned antelope Parastrepsiceros koufosi n. sp. A short description and comparison of the material as well as discussion of the generic position and phylogenetic relationships of the Greek form are also given.