Bubalus murrensis

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Bubalus murrensis
Temporal range: 0.4 - 0.0128 mya
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Subfamily: Bovinae
Genus: Bubalus
Species:
†B. murrensis
Binomial name
†Bubalus murrensis
Berckhemer 1927

Bubalus murrensis, also known as European water buffalo, is an extinct buffalo species native to Europe during the Pleistocene epoch.

Description

Only skulls have been attributed to the species, as no complete skeletons have been found and it is difficult to distinguish postcranial bones between different bovine species. The occipital region of the skull as well as the horn cores protrude backwards. Unlike modern water buffalo, but similar to extinct Chinese Pleistocene species of Bubalus like

Bubalus wansjocki, the horn cores have a triangular rather than rounded cross section, with the upper surface of the horn cores typically forming a flat plain that is continuous with the skull surface.[1] A skull found in Rhineland-Palatinate (Germany) had a width of 107 cm.[2]

Distribution and habitat

Fossils of Bubalus murrensis are known from the late

Middle Pleistocene (from around 400,000 years ago) onwards, typically during interglacial periods.[3]

The European water buffalo occurred in river valleys. Remains are very rare. The majority of finds have come from along the

Dama dama), aurochs (Bos primigenius) and the hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius),[7][8][9] though other authors have argued that there is no unambiguous evidence for B. murrensis in Europe during the Eemian.[1]

The latest record of the species is a well preserved skull found in near

Pontic-Caspian Steppe region during cold periods.[3]

See also

References

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  2. ^ Naturhistorisches Museum Mainz/Landessammlung für Naturkunde Rheinland-Pfalz (2009): Jahresbericht des Museums und der Landessammlung 2008. Wissenschaftliche Sammlungen.. Mitteilungen der Rheinischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 30: 52-54. Mainz. (german)
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  4. ^ Vislobokova, I. A.; Tarasenko, K. K; Lopatin, A. V. (2020). "The first discovery of european water buffalo Bubalus murrensis in the late Pleistocene of the Russian Plain". Proceedings of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Life Sciences. 491: 125-129 (in Russian).
  5. ^ Wighart von Koenigswald: Exoten in der Großtierfauna des letzten Interglazials von Mitteleuropa. Eiszeitalter und Gegenwart 41, 1991, S. 70–84
  6. ^ Van Dam, I. (1997). "De eerste vondst van de Europese waterbuffel, Bubalus murrensis (Berckhemer, 1927) in Nederland". Cranium. 14: 49–54.
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  8. doi:10.1017/S0016774600021752
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  9. ^ Baumgart, B. (1997). "Vor- und nacheiszeitliche Großtiere in Mitteleuropa und ihre Einpassung in das Ökosystem - Stand der Projektentwicklung zum Großtierschutzgebiet Teltow-Fläming". Brandenburgische Umweltberichte: 118–129.
  10. ISSN 0012-4966
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