Kipsigicerus
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| Kipsigicerus Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Subfamily: | Bovinae |
| Genus: | †Kipsigicerus Thomas, 1984 |
| Species: | †K. labidotus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Kipsigicerus labidotus Gentry, 1970 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Protragocerus labidotus | |
Kipsigicerus is an extinct genus of tragoportacin bovid that inhabited East Africa during the Middle Miocene.[2] The type species, Kipsigicerus labidotus, was discovered in Fort Ternan, Kenya, and was originally described as a species of Protragocerus. The horn cores were distinct, being highly compressed with each horn growing forward to one another. Because of the unique horn morphology, the genus Kipsigicerus was erected for this species.[3]
