Hypsodontus
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| Hypsodontus Temporal range: Miocene | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Subfamily: | †Hypsodontinae |
| Genus: | †Hypsodontus Sokolov, 1949 |
| Type species | |
| Hypsodontus miocenicus Sokolov, 1949[1] | |
Hypsodontus is an extinct genus of Bovidae from subfamily Hypsodontinae. It was originally described from a single jaw fragment of its type species H. miocenicus Sokolov, 1949, found in the North Caucasus of Russia, Middle Miocene. Includes five species.[2][1]