Soergelia Explained

Soergelia is a genus of extinct ovibovine caprine that was common across Europe, North America and Asia in the Pleistocene epoch.^[1]

Species include:

• Soergelia brigittae
• Soergelia minor . Found in Italy.
• Soergelia intermedia . Found in Macedonia.
• Soergelia elisabethae
• Soergelia mayfieldi Found in Texas.

Palaeoecology

δ¹³C, δ¹⁵N, and δ¹⁸O measurements from S. minor at the Early Pleistocene site of Venta Micena in southeastern Spain reveal it to have been a mixed feeder.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database .
2. Palmqvist . P. . Perez-Claros . J. A. . Janis . C. M. . Figueirido . B. . Torregrosa . V. . Grocke . D. R. . 1 November 2008 . Biogeochemical and Ecomorphological Inferences On Prey Selection and Resource Partitioning Among Mammalian Carnivores In An Early Pleistocene Community . PALAIOS . en . 23 . 11 . 724–737 . 10.2110/palo.2007.p07-073r . 0883-1351 . 24 September 2024 .