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Leptobos
Extinct genus of mammals From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Leptobos is an extinct genus of large bovine, known from the Late Pliocene and Early Pleistocene of Eurasia.
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Distribution
The range of Leptobos extended from the Iberian Peninsula to northern China.[1] L. merlai is known from the Early Pleistocene of central Italy.[2]
Description
Species of Leptobos weighed on average 320 kilograms (710 lb).[3]
Evolution
The first appearance of Leptobos in Europe around 3.6-3.5 million years ago is considered to define the beginning of the Villafranchian European faunal stage.[4] Leptobos is considered to be closely related to the insular genus Epileptobos from the Pleistocene of Java[5], and is considered to be ancestral to Bison.[1][6] Leptobos became extinct after being replaced by their descendant Bison during the Early Pleistocene, after a period of temporal overlap.[1][6] "Leptobos" syrticus from Libya likely belongs in a different genus.[5]
Species
- Leptobos brevicornis (China)
- Leptobos crassus (China)
- Leptobos falconeri (Pakistan)
- Leptobos stenometopon (France and Italy)
- Leptobos merlai (France and Italy)
- Leptobos furtivus (France also possibly Italy)
- Leptobos etruscus (France, Italy, and Spain)
- Leptobos vallisarni (Italy and China)
Palaeobiology
The dietary preference across the genus includes species that were browsers,[7] grazers[8] and mixed feeders.[9] Ecomorphological analysis of its humerus suggests that L. etruscus was adapted for open grassland habitats.[10]
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