Biology:Bos planifrons
From HandWiki
Bos planifrons | |
---|---|
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Bovidae |
Subfamily: | Bovinae |
Genus: | Bos |
Species: | B. planifrons
|
Binomial name | |
Bos planifrons Lydekker, 1878
|
Bos planifrons (flat-fronted cattle) was a bovine species from the Siwaliks of India and Pakistan . It may have been the ancestor of the Indian Aurochs Bos primigenius namadicus. Its type is a skull.
References
- Zong, G. 1984. A record of Bos primigenius from the Quaternary of the Aba Tibetan Autonomous Region. Vertebrata PalAsiatica, Volume XXII No. 3 pp. 239–245. Translated by Will Downs, April 1991. Online pdf (62 kB)
Wikidata ☰ Q4947103 entry