Palaeoreas Explained

Palaeoreas was a genus of Miocene bovid from Europe.

Geographic range

Palaeoreas lindermayeri fossils have been found in Bulgaria^[1] and Greece.^[2]

Palaeoecology

Based on fossils from Pikermi and Samos, P. lindermayeri is believed to have had a browsing feeding style.^[3] However, dental wear patterns on P. lindermayeri remains from northern Greece instead show it to have been a variable grazer or mixed feeder.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Geraads . Denis . Spassov . Nikolaï . Kovachev . Dimitar . 2003 . Palaeoreas lindermayeri (Wagner, 1848) (Mammalia, Bovidae) from the upper Miocene of Bulgaria, and a revision of the species . Geodiversitas . en . 25 . 405 . 6 September 2024.
2. Kostopoulos . Dimitris S. . Soubise . Juliette . July–September 2018 . Palaeoreas, Majoreas, and Stryfnotherium gen. nov. (Mammalia: Artiodactyla: Bovidae) from the Late Miocene of Greece . . en . 104 . 3 . 231–247 . 10.1016/j.annpal.2018.04.002 . 2018AnPal.104..231K . 6 September 2024 . Elsevier Science Direct.
3. Solounias . Nikos . Dawson-Saunders . Beth . June 1988 . Dietary adaptations and paleoecology of the Late Miocene ruminants from Pikermi and Samos in Greece . . en . 65 . 3–4 . 149–172 . 10.1016/0031-0182(88)90021-1 . 1988PPP....65..149S . 6 September 2024 . Elsevier Science Direct.
4. Merceron . Gildas . de Bonis . Louis . Viriot . Laurent . Blondel . Cécile . 25 February 2005 . Dental microwear of fossil bovids from northern Greece: paleoenvironmental conditions in the eastern Mediterranean during the Messinian . . en . 217 . 3–4 . 173–185 . 10.1016/j.palaeo.2004.11.019 . 2005PPP...217..173M . 7 September 2024 . Elsevier Science Direct.