Superfamily Bovoidea Gray 1821 (ruminant)
Full reference: J. E. Gray. 1821. On the natural arrangement of vertebrose animals. The London Medical Repository Monthly Journal and Review 15:296-310
Parent taxon: Ruminantia according to J. I. Mead and L. H. Taylor 2005
See also Carroll 1988
Sister taxa: Agriochoeridae, Amphimoschus, Andegamerycidae, Anoplotheriadae, Archaeomerycidae, Delahomeryx, Giraffoidea, Hispanomerycidae, Krabitherium, Merycotherium, Mosaicomeryx, Paalitherium, Palaeohypsodontus, Pecora, Prodremotherium, Sanitherium, Thandaungia, Tragulidae, Tragulina
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution: found only at Torre Picchio section, S. Maria di Ciciliano Formation, Montecastrilli, Umbria (Pliocene of Italy)