Soergelia


Soergelia is a genus of extinct ovibovine caprine that was common across Europe, North America and Asia in the Pleistocene epoch.
Species include:
  • Soergelia brigittae
  • Soergelia minor. Found in Italy.
  • Soergelia intermedia. Found in Macedonia.
  • Soergelia elisabethae
  • Soergelia mayfieldi Found in Texas.
  • Soergelia longdanensis Found in China.

    Palaeoecology

, 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.