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Bison antiquus

Mammalia - Bovidae

Taxonomy
Bison antiquus was named by Leidy (1852).

It was synonymized subjectively with Bison bison by Wilson (1974) and Kurten and Anderson (1980).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1852Bison antiquus Leidy
1897Bison californicus Rhoads
1898Bison occidentalis Lucas
1899Ovis scaphoceras Lucas
1902Bison antiquus Hay p. 688
1902Bison occidentalis Hay p. 690
1905Bison antiquus McClung p. 157
1905Bison kansensis McClung p. 157
1905Bison occidentalis McClung p. 159
1927Bison pacificus Hay
1928Bison figginsi Hay and Cook
1928Bison taylori Hay and Cook
1928Bison texanus Hay and Cook p. 33
1930Simobison figginsi Hay and Cook p. 23 figs. Plate VII, figures 1, 2.
1932Simobison figginsi Barbour and Schultz
1933Bison oliverhayi Figgins
1933Stelabison occidentalis Figgins
1933Stelabison taylori Figgins
1935Bison antiquus Schultz and Howard p. 292
1935Bison antiquus taylori Schultz and Howard p. 292
1937Bison figginsi Frick
1937Bison occidentalis Frick
1937Bison taylori Frick
1966Bison occidentalis Guthrie p. 739
1981Bison antiquus McDonald
1984Bison antiquus Rogers and Martin p. 759
1987Bison antiquus Carranza-Castaneda and Miller p. 340
1991Bison antiquus Jefferson
1991Bison antiquus Pinsof
2007Bison antiquus Morgan and Rinehart p. 48

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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
speciesantiquusLeidy 1852

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 antiquus Leidy 1852
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Invalid names: Bison californicus Rhoads 1897 [synonym], Bison figginsi Hay and Cook 1928 [synonym], Bison kansensis McClung 1905 [synonym], Bison occidentalis Lucas 1898 [synonym], Bison oliverhayi Figgins 1933 [synonym], Bison pacificus Hay 1927 [synonym], Bison taylori Hay and Cook 1928 [synonym], Bison texanus Hay and Cook 1928 [synonym], Bos scaphoceras [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
M1 height148.6
M2 height157.7
m1 height147.1
m2 height161.3
m3 height142.5

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 1991, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, MacFadden and Cerling 1996

Age range: base of the Irvingtonian to the top of the Holocene or 1.80000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (46 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Bison antiquus (227368)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Bison antiquus (65405)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Canada (Alberta) Bison occidentalis (174511 174512 174513)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Alabama) Bison antiquus (82058)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) Bison antiquus (65991 66063)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Kansas) Bison kansensis (74365)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Illinois) Bison antiquus (87059)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (California) Bison antiquus (20272)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012Mexico (Tlaxcala) Bison antiquus, Bison occidentalis (226032)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (California) Bison antiquus (200318)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Florida) Bison antiquus (20491)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (South Carolina) Bison antiquus (79757)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Bison antiquus (74361 154722)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (California) Bison antiquus (190077)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (Idaho) Bison antiquus (20612)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Bison occidentalis (93554)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Washington) Bison antiquus (188667 188795 188999)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (Minnesota) Bison occidentalis (146403)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Bison antiquus (20573 20581)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.126 - 0.0117Canada (Alberta) Bison occidentalis (93556)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Bison antiquus (154804)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (Kansas) Bison antiquus (83069 83073)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (Colorado) Bison taylori (93553)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Bison antiquus (74360)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Bison antiquus (230753) Bison sp. (85142)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (California) Bison antiquus (20642)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (Oklahoma) Bison occidentalis (93178)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Bison antiquus (79653 93246 93281)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Bison antiquus (154921)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.126 - 0.0USA (New Mexico) Bison antiquus (93377)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Ontario) Bison antiquus (211489)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Kansas) Bison antiquus (79625)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Texas) Bison antiquus (93247)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Wyoming) Bison antiquus (93248)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mexico (Puebla) Bison antiquus (212303)