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Bison latifrons

Mammalia - Bovidae

Taxonomy
Bos latifrons was named by Harlan (1825).

It was recombined as Bison latifrons by Leidy (1852), Leidy (1860), Leidy (1873), Allen (1876), Lucas (1899), Hay (1902), McClung (1905), Cook (1928), Frick (1937), Skinner and Kaisen (1947), Green and Martin (1960), Kurten and Anderson (1980) and McDonald (1981).

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

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1825Bos latifrons Harlan
1846Harlanus americana Owen
1852Bison latifrons Leidy
1860Bison latifrons Leidy p. 109
1873Bison latifrons Leidy p. 253
1876Bison latifrons Allen
1877Bison alleni Marsh
1877Bison ferox Marsh
1894Bos crampianus Cope
1898Bos arizonica Blake
1899Bison latifrons Lucas
1902Bison alleni Hay p. 688
1902Bison ferox Hay p. 689
1902Bison latifrons Hay p. 689
1905Bison alleni McClung p. 159
1905Bison ferox McClung p. 159
1905Bison latifrons McClung p. 159
1913Bison regius Hay
1928Bison latifrons Cook
1933Bison angularis Figgins
1933Bison rotundus Figgins
1937Bison arizonica Frick
1937Bison crampianus Frick
1937Bison latifrons Frick
1947Bison latifrons Skinner and Kaisen
1960Bison latifrons Green and Martin p. 548
1966Bison alleni Slaughter p. 87
1980Bison latifrons Kurten and Anderson p. 337
1981Bison latifrons McDonald

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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
specieslatifrons(Harlan 1825)

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 latifrons Harlan 1825
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Invalid names: Bison alleni Marsh 1877 [synonym], Bison angularis Figgins 1933 [synonym], Bison ferox Marsh 1877 [synonym], Bison regius Hay 1913 [synonym], Bison rotundus Figgins 1933 [synonym], Bos arizonica Blake 1898 [synonym], Bos crampianus Cope 1894 [synonym], Sus americanus Harlan [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: MacFadden and Cerling 1996, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Rancholabrean or 3.60000 to 0.01200 Ma

Collections (33 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Mexico (México) Bos latifrons (163820)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Bison alleni (207456)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) Bison latifrons (65994)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Kansas) Bison latifrons (74363)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Illinois) Sus americana (87059)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Texas) Bison latifrons (20318 20533)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Montana) Bison latifrons (20310)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Kansas) Bison latifrons (20423)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Oklahoma) Bison latifrons (20309)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Nebraska) Bison alleni (20154)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Bison latifrons (20639)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (South Dakota) Bison latifrons (74364 74366)
Rancholabrean (glacial)0.3 - 0.012USA (California) Bison latifrons (20624)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Alberta) Bison latifrons (20615)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Idaho) Bison latifrons (20569 20612)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Bison latifrons (20589 20603)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Bison latifrons (154771)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Colorado) Bison latifrons (20582)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Sonora) Bison alleni (74471)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Saskatchewan) Bison latifrons (20590)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Bison latifrons (230753)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Saskatchewan) Bison latifrons (20640)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Bison latifrons (20580 20581 20594 20647)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Bison latifrons (74362)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Utah) Bison latifrons (20641)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Kansas) Bison latifrons (20605)