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Rupicapra fossil map

Where fossils of Rupicapra have been found, shown on the Earth as it looked about 0 million years ago and on today’s map.

Dots are fossil collections recorded in the Paleobiology Database. The “then” view moves today’s fossil sites back to their positions 0 million years ago (the time slice nearest the median age of the fossils) using the Merdith et al. (2021) plate model; positions are approximate. Open on the timeline map →

Rupicapra
Image: Andreas Tille, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
GroupEarly mammals
Lived2.58 million years ago to the present (Gelasian to Holocene)
PeriodsQuaternary
FamilyBovidae
Named byde Blainville 1816
Fossil records12 occurrences at 6 locations (PBDB)
Found inItaly, Greece, Hungary
Rock formationstxn:42742

About Rupicapra

Rupicapra is a genus of two species of goat-antelope called chamois. They belong to the bovine family of hoofed mammals, the Bovidae.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Rupicapra (revision 1354648354), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; introduction excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Ages, family, authority and fossil records: Paleobiology Database, accessed 23 October 2026. Ages are those of the rock layers the fossils were found in. Wikidata: Q912026.

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