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Bos bubaloides

Mammalia - Bovidae

Taxonomy

Bos bubaloides was named by Arambourg (1979). Its type specimen is No. 1952-9:1, a partial skull (horn fragment), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Aïn Hanech, which is in a Pleistocene terrestrial horizon in Algeria.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

B. buiaensis, B. elatus

Synonyms

Bos praeafricanus was named by Arambourg (1979). Its type specimen is No. 1952-9:53, a partial skull (posterior part of the skull), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Aïn Hanech, which is in a Pleistocene terrestrial horizon in Algeria.

It was synonymized subjectively with Bos bubaloides by Geraads et al. (2004) and Chaid-Saoudi et al. (2006); it was recombined as Pelorovis praeafricanus by Gentry (2010).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1979	Bos bubaloides Arambourg
1979	Bos praeafricanus Arambourg
2004	Bos bubaloides Geraads et al. p. 185
2010	Pelorovis praeafricanus Gentry p. 754

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia

Rank	Name	Author
—	Theriamorpha	(Rowe 1993)
—	Theriiformes	()
—	Trechnotheria
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Boreoeutheria
—	Laurasiatheria
—	Scrotifera
—	Euungulata
—	Artiodactylamorpha
—	Artiodactyla	()
—	Ruminantiamorpha
—	Ruminantia	(Scopoli 1777)
—	Pecora	()
family	Bovidae
subfamily	Bovinae	(Gray 1821)
tribe	Bovini	Gray 1821
genus	Bos
species	bubaloides

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Bos bubaloides Arambourg 1979

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Invalid names: Bos praeafricanus Arambourg 1979 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

terrestrialo

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Life habit:

ground dwellingf

Diet:

grazerf

Diet 2:

browserf

Reproduction:

viviparousf

Created:

2005-06-08 10:11:09

Modified:

2005-09-22 12:01:17

Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum

References: Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999

Age range: base of the Calabrian to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 1.80000 to 0.78100 Ma

Collections (3 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene	2.588 - 0.781	Algeria	Bos bubaloides (69723)
Early/Lower Pleistocene	2.588 - 0.781	Algeria (Northern Algeria)	Bos bubaloides, Bos praeafricanus (type locality: 197944)
Calabrian	1.8 - 0.774	Algeria	Bos bubaloides (22584)