Qurliqnoria Explained

Qurliqnoria is an extinct genus of caprine bovid that inhabited Eurasia during the Neogene period.

Distribution

The species C. bohlini and C. chorakensis inhabited Turkey and are believed to represent a chronospecies succession.^[1] C. cheni and C. hundesiensis are known from China and likewise appear to represent a chronospecies succession,^[2] with fossils of the former dating to the Tortonian,^[3] while the latter's remains are from the Pliocene.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Kostopoulos . Dimitris S. . Erol . Ayla Sevim . Mayda . Serdar . Yavuz . Alper Yener . Tarhan . Erhan . 1 September 2020 . Qurliqnoria (Bovidae, Mammalia) from the Upper Miocene of Çorakyerler (Central Anatolia, Turkey) and its biogeographic implications . . 29 . 3 . 629–635 . 10.1016/j.palwor.2019.10.003 . 1871-174X . 11 September 2024 . Elsevier Science Direct.
2. Wang . Xiaoming . Li . Qiang . Tseng . Z. Jack . 27 October 2022 . Primitive Tibetan antelope, Qurliqnoria hundesiensis (Lydekker, 1881) (Bovidae, Artiodactyla), from Pliocene Zanda and Kunlun Pass basins and paleoenvironmental implications . . en . 30 . 1 . 245–268 . 10.1007/s10914-022-09632-6 . 1064-7554 . 11 September 2024 . Springer Link.
3. Tseng . Z Jack . Wang . Xiaoming . Li . Qiang . Xie . Guangpu . 19 February 2022 . Qurliqnoria (Mammalia: Bovidae) fossils from Qaidam Basin, Tibetan Plateau and deep-time endemism of the Tibetan antelope lineage . . en . 196 . 3 . 990–1012 . 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab117 . 0024-4082 . 11 September 2024 . Oxford Academic.
4. Wang . Xiaoming . Jukar . Advait M . Tseng . Z. Jack . Li . Qiang . 3 October 2021 . Dragon bones from the heavens: European explorations and early palaeontology in Zanda Basin of Tibet, retracing type locality of Qurliqnoria hundesiensis and Hipparion (Plesiohipparion) zandaense . . en . 33 . 10 . 2216–2227 . 10.1080/08912963.2020.1777551 . 0891-2963 . 11 September 2024 . Taylor and Francis Online.