Bison palaeosinensis Teilhard de Chardin and Piveteau 1930 (bison)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Bovidae

Full reference: P. Teilhard de Chardin and J. Piveteau. 1930. Les mammifères fossiles de Nihowan (Chine). Annales de Paléontologie 19:1-154

Belongs to Bison according to P. Teilhard de Chardin and J. Piveteau 1930

Sister taxa: Bison alaskensis, Bison antiquus, Bison bonasus, Bison francisi, Bison latifrons, Bison priscus, Bison sivalensis, Bison sylvestris

Type specimen: Its type locality is Nihowan, N of Sanggan River, which is in a Pliocene/Pleistocene fluvial-lacustrine horizon in China

Ecology: ground dwelling grazer

Distribution:

• Quaternary of China (1 collection)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of China (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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