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Bison priscus

Mammalia - Bovidae

Taxonomy
Urus priscus was named by Bojanus (1827).

It was recombined as Bison priscus by Kurten and Anderson (1980), McDonald (1981) and Dalquest and Schultz (1992).

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

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1827Urus priscus Bojanus
1854Bison crassicornis Richardson
1902Bison crassicornis Hay p. 689
1905Bison crassicornis McClung p. 159
1924Bison willistoni Martin
1930Superbison crassicornis Nobis
1937Bison crassicornis Frick
1947Bison geisti Skinner and Kaisen
1947Bison praeoccidentalis Skinner and Kaisen
1966Bison crassicornis Guthrie p. 739
1980Bison priscus Kurten and Anderson p. 335
1981Bison priscus McDonald
1992Bison priscus Dalquest and Schultz

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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
speciespriscus(Bojanus 1827)

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 priscus Bojanus 1827
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Invalid names: Bison crassicornis Richardson 1854 [synonym], Bison geisti Skinner and Kaisen 1947 [synonym], Bison praeoccidentalis Skinner and Kaisen 1947 [synonym], Bison willistoni Martin 1924 [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: Nowak 1991, MacFadden and Cerling 1996, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988

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

Collections (38 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene15.97 - 0.781Netherlands Bison priscus (189573)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Germany (Thüringen) Bison priscus (43020 45065 45067 45070 45085)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Netherlands Bison priscus (189574)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Italy (Sicily) Bison priscus (94328)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Canada (British Columbia) Superbison crassicornis (108796)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Germany (Bayern) Bison priscus (48555)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Germany (Thuringia) Bison priscus (22728)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Greece (Chalkidiki) Bison priscus (183123)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Germany (North Rhine) Bison priscus (34536)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Alaska) Bison priscus (20297 20346)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) Bison priscus (50196 50198)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Bayern) Bison priscus (36220)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Kazakhstan Bison priscus (40496)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Turkey Bison priscus (43008)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Romania Bison priscus (36126)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Baden-Wuerttemberg) Bison priscus (50259)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Syria Bison priscus (34105)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Bison priscus (50257)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Italy (Verona) Bison priscus (43657)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Italy (Trieste) Bison priscus (43702)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Kazakhstan Bison priscus (40497)
Middle Pleistocene - Quaternary0.774 - 0.0Israel Bison priscus (13490)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Yukon) Bison priscus (73691)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Bison priscus (93828)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Russian Federation (Respublika Saha (Jakutija)) Bison priscus (48587 48592)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Belgium Bison priscus (140370)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Hungary (Barany) Bison priscus (197461)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Alaska) Bison crassicornis (93555)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Netherlands Bison priscus (82530 109703)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Idaho) Bison priscus (20569)