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Bison alaskensis

Mammalia - Bovidae

Taxonomy
Bison alaskensis was named by Rhoads (1897).

It was synonymized subjectively with Bison crassicornis by Lucas (1899) and Guthrie (1966); it was synonymized subjectively with Bison priscus by Guthrie (1970), Wilson (1974), Kurten and Anderson (1980) and Guthrie (1990).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. degiulii, B. schoetensacki, B. voigtstedtensis

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Bison alaskensis Rhoads
1928Bison chaneyi Cook
1937Bison alaskensis Frick
1947Bison alaskensis Skinner and Kaisen
1966Bison chaneyi Slaughter p. 86
1975Bison aguascalentensis Mooser and Dalquest p. 815
1981Bison alaskensis McDonald
1991Bison alaskensis Pinsof

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
RankNameAuthor
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Ruminantiamorpha
—Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
—Pecora()
familyBovidae
subfamilyBovinae(Gray 1821)
tribeBoviniGray 1821
subtribeBovinaGray 1821
genusBisonHamilton-Smith 1827
speciesalaskensisRhoads 1897

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Bison alaskensis Rhoads 1897
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Invalid names: Bison aguascalentensis Mooser and Dalquest 1975 [synonym], Bison chaneyi Cook 1928 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
O. Mooser and W. W. Dalquest 1975 (Bison aguascalentensis)Size of male, and probably female also, very large; horn cores directed at right-angles to long axis of skull; horn cores distinctly flattened at base and through much of their length.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: grazerg
Reproduction: viviparousf
Created: 2009-01-04 10:41:41
Modified: 2009-01-04 13:00:55
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, MacFadden and Cerling 1996

Age range: base of the Irvingtonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 1.80000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Texas) Bison alaskensis (20320)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3Mexico (Aguascalientes) Bison aguascalentensis (20283)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Bison chaneyi (93103)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Idaho) Bison alaskensis (20569)