Olonbulukia Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Bovidae |
Subfamily: | Caprinae |
Tribe: | Caprini |
Genus: | † Olonbulukia Bohlin, 1937 |
Species: | †O. tsaidamensis |
Binomial name | |
†Olonbulukia tsaidamensis Bohlin, 1937 | |
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