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Taxonomy
Ovibos yukonensis was named by Gidley (1908). Its type specimen is USNM 5728, a partial skull (The greater portion of a skull, but lacking the nasals, the premaxillaries and most of the teeth), and it is a 3D body fossil.
It was synonymized subjectively with Ovibos moschatus by Harington (1970) and Kurten and Anderson (1980).
It was synonymized subjectively with Ovibos moschatus by Harington (1970) and Kurten and Anderson (1980).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1908 | Ovibos yukonensis Gidley p. 681 |
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†Ovibos yukonensis Gidley 1908
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| J. W. Gidley 1908 | Size of teeth somewhat larger, with the internal median valley in the upper molars less infolded at base than in the living species 0. moschatus; skull somewhat larger through- out ; ascending jDrocess of the jJi'emaxillaries nearly or quite reaching the nasals; basisphenoid slightly overlapped by the vomer; otic bulla greatly reduced, being intermediate in size between that of O. moschatus and Symbos tyrrelli (Osgood) Osgood. The horn-cores droop in about the same degree as in the living species. |
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Collections
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