Striking Bovine Fossil Jaw from Germany

Description: This is a most striking and dynamic display piece. It is quite large with excellent color and presence. Note the row of large grinding teeth. On an appropriate stand it would grace a living space, or be the centerpiece of a fossil collection.

Cattle were originally identified as three separate species. These were Bos taurus, the European or "taurine" cattle (including similar types from Africa and Asia); Bos indicus, the zebu; and the extinct Bos primigenius, the aurochs. The aurochs is ancestral to both zebu and taurine cattle. Recently these three have increasingly been grouped as one species, with Bos primigenius taurus, Bos primigenius indicus and Bos primigenius primigenius as the subspecies.