Bos palaethiopicus Arambourg 1979 (ox)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Bovidae

Full reference: C. Arambourg. 1979. Vertébrés villafranchiens d’Afrique du Nord (Artiodactyles, Carnivores, Primates, Reptiles, Oiseaux). 1-141

Belongs to Bos according to C. Arambourg 1979

Sister taxa: Bos acutifrons, Bos bubaloides, Bos caffer, Bos chinensis, Bos frontalis, Bos gaurus, Bos grunniens, Bos indicus, Bos javanicus, Bos makapaani, Bos namadicus, Bos planifrons, Bos platyrhinus, Bos primigenius, Bos sauveli, Bos taurus

Type specimen: No. 1953-22:111, a skull. Its type locality is Aïn Boucherit, which is in a Pleistocene terrestrial horizon in Algeria.

Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser

Distribution: found only at Aïn Boucherit

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