Palaeohypsodontus

Palaeohypsodontus is an extinct genus of small size Bovidae from Oligocene with unclear systematic position. It was originally described from a jaw fragment for P. asiaticus, from Mongolia, Middle Oligocene. The second species, P. zinensis was found in the Upper Oligocene of Pakistan and China.^[2][3][1]

Palaeohypsodontus Temporal range: Middle and Upper Oligocene
Palaeohypsodontus zinensis from Oligocene of Pakistan[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Family:	Bovidae
Genus:	Palaeohypsodontus Trofimov, 1958
Type species
Palaeohypsodontus asiaticus Trofimov, 1958[2]

Characteristics

Size small. Molars with high crowns (hypsodont), lacking additional columns and tubercles. Second and third molars lacking outer folds on anterior margins; other margins rib-like. Third molar talonid widely rounded.^[3]