Leptobos
| Leptobos Temporal range: Pleistocene | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Subfamily: | Bovinae |
| Genus: | †Leptobos Rütimeyer, 1878 |
| Species | |
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L. crassus | |
Leptobos was a genus of large Pleistocene bovid found in Europe and Asia. It reached a weight up to 320 kg.[1]
A subspecies of Leptobos crassus was found in China.
Leptobos etruscus lower jaw and silhouette
External links
- http://www.helsinki.fi/~mhaaramo/metazoa/deuterostoma/chordata/synapsida/eutheria/artiodactyla/bovioidea/boselaphini.html
- http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl
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