Parabos
| Parabos | |
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| Skeletal reconstruction and live reconstruction of Parabos tigneresi | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Subfamily: | Bovinae |
| Genus: | †Parabos Arambourg and Piveteau, 1929 |
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Parabos is an extinct genus of medium to large-sized bovine from the Early Pliocene (spanning Mammal Neogene zones 13-16) of Europe.[1][2] It is disputed whether or not it is an early diverging stem-group member of the tribe Bovini (which includes buffalo, bison, yak and cattle among others), or a member of the extinct tribe Tragoportacini. It is thought to be a close relative of the genus Alephis. Members of the genus were medium-large sized bovines (approximately 500 kilograms (1,100 lb) in the largest species Parabos tigneresi) with widely spaced horns that project parallel backwards from the skull. Largely complete specimens of Parabos tigneresi are known from the Camp dels Ninots lagerstatte in Spain.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Sorbelli, Leonardo; Bibi, Faysal; Madurell-Malapeira, Joan; Grandi, Federica; Moreno-Ribas, Elena; Oms, Oriol; Campeny, Gerard; Gómez de Soler, Bruno (3 June 2026). "First of a line or last of a dynasty? Parabos tigneresi and the evolution of eurasian bovinae in the early pliocene". PLOS One. 21 (6) e0340256. Bibcode:2026PLoSO..2140256S. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0340256. PMC 13232859. PMID 42234647.
- ↑ Gromolard, Catherine; Guerin, Claude (1980). "Mise au point sur Parabos cordieri (de Christol),un bovidé (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) du Pliocène d'Europe occidentale" [A reappraisal of Parabos cordieri (de Christol), a bovid (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) from the Pliocene of Western Europe]. Geobios (in French). 13 (5): 741–755. Bibcode:1980Geobi..13..741G. doi:10.1016/S0016-6995(80)80053-2.
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