''Protoryx'' is an extinct genus of
goat-antelope
The subfamily Caprinae, also sometimes referred to as the tribe Caprini, is part of the ruminant family Bovidae, and consists of mostly medium-sized bovids. A member of this subfamily is called a caprine, or, more informally, a goat-antelope (a ...
. A new species, ''P. tuvaensis'', was described by E. L. Dmitrieva and N. V. Serdyuk in 2011, from
Russia
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.
[E. L. Dmitrieva and N. V. Serdyuk (2011)]
"Hippotraginae (Bovidae, Artiodactyla, Mammalia) from the Late Miocene of Tuva".
Paleontological Journal 45 (6): 665–673. .
References
Prehistoric bovids
Fossil taxa described in 1891
Prehistoric even-toed ungulate genera
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