| Tossunnoria Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Genus: | † Tossunnoria Bohlin, 1937 |
| Species: | †T. pseudibex |
| Binomial name | |
| †Tossunnoria pseudibex Bohlin, 1937 | |
Tossunnoria is an extinct genus of caprine bovid from the Miocene epoch.
Fossils of Tossunnoria pseudibex, the only species known in this genus, are known from the Late Miocene of Tibet. [1]
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