Leptobos

Leptobos
Temporal range: Pleistocene
Skeleton
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Subfamily: Bovinae
Genus: Leptobos
Rütimeyer, 1878
Species

L. falconeri
L. stenometopon
L. syrticus

Leptobos was a genus of large Pleistocene bovid found in Europe and Asia. It reached a weight up to 320 kg.[1]

Leptobos etruscus lower jaw and silhouette

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