Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Synonyms: Bison antiquus taylori Hay and Cook 1928, Bison californicus Rhoads 1897, Bison figginsi Hay and Cook 1928, Bison kansensis McClung 1905, Bison occidentalis Lucas 1898, Bison oliverhayi Figgins 1933, Bison pacificus Hay 1927, Bison taylori Hay and Cook 1928, Bison texanus Hay and Cook 1928, Bos scaphoceras, Ovis scaphoceras , Simobison figginsi Hay and Cook 1928, Stelabison occidentalis Lucas 1898, Stelabison taylori Hay and Cook 1928
Belongs to Bison according to J. N. McDonald 1981
See also Barbour and Schultz 1932, Carranza-Castaneda and Miller 1987, Czaplewski et al. 1999, Dalquest and Schultz 1992, Frick 1937, Guthrie 1966, Hay 1902, Hay and Cook 1930, Jefferson 1991, Kurten and Anderson 1980, McClung 1905, Morgan and Rinehart 2007, Pinsof 1991, Rogers and Martin 1984, Schultz and Cheatum 1970, Schultz and Howard 1935 and Wilson 1974
Sister taxa: Bison alaskensis, Bison bonasus, Bison francisi, Bison latifrons, Bison palaeosinensis, Bison priscus, Bison sivalensis, Bison sylvestris
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (5: Alberta, Ontario collections), Mexico (3), United States (39: Alabama, California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Minnesota, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, Washington, Wyoming)
Total: 47 collections including 48 occurrences
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