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Taxonomy
Bos moschatus was named by Zimmermann (1780). It is extant. It is the type species of Ovibos.
It was recombined as Ovibos moschatus by Blainville (1816), Hay (1902), Frick (1937), Kurten and Anderson (1980) and Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008).
It was recombined as Ovibos moschatus by Blainville (1816), Hay (1902), Frick (1937), Kurten and Anderson (1980) and Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1780 | Bos moschatus Zimmermann |
1816 | Ovibos moschatus Blainville |
1902 | Ovibos moschatus Hay p. 687 |
1923 | Ovibos proximus Bensley |
1937 | Ovibos moschatus Frick |
1980 | Ovibos moschatus Kurten and Anderson p. 334 |
2008 | Ovibos moschatus Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 979 figs. FIg. 5 |
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Ovibos moschatus Zimmermann 1780 [muskox]
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Invalid names: Ovibos proximus Bensley 1923 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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References: Nowak 1999, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 |
Age range: base of the Irvingtonian to the top of the Holocene or 1.80000 to 0.00000 Ma
Collections (81 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Pleistocene | USA (New Jersey) | Ovibos moschatus (108815) | |
Pleistocene | Germany (Thuringia) | Ovibos moschatus (22728) | |
Irvingtonian | USA (Alaska) | Ovibos moschatus (20541) | |
Irvingtonian | USA (California) | Ovibos moschatus (20386) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Netherlands | Ovibos moschatus (82530) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Canada (Yukon) | Ovibos moschatus (73691 73694) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Norway | Ovibos moschatus (227462) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Canada (Nunavut) | Ovibos moschatus (73701 73702) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Canada (Northwest Territories) | Ovibos moschatus (73726) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Canada (Saskatchewan) | Ovibos moschatus (20620) | |
Holocene | Greenland | Ovibos moschatus (160074 162014 162545 162546 162547 162550 162552 162553 162559 162567 162568 162569 162572 162573 162574 162575 162576 162577 162641 226353 227684 227686 227722 227725 227726 227727 227728 227751 227754 227755 227757 227758 227815 227817 227826 227827 227828 227829 227867 227870 227872 227873 227874 227875 227876 227877 229885 229938 229939 229940 229942 229943 230120 238670) | |
Holocene | Canada (Northwest Territories) | Ovibos moschatus (228444 228492) | |
Holocene | Canada (Manitoba) | Ovibos moschatus (229538) | |
Holocene | Canada (Nunavut) | Ovibos moschatus (73705 73709 73727 160848 228757 228898 228899 228927 228928 229484 229489 229646) |