Bison latifrons

Bison latifrons
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Bison latifrons skeleton
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Subfamily: Bovinae
Genus: Bison
Species:
B. latifrons
Binomial name
Bison latifrons
Harlan, 1825[1]

Bison latifrons, also known as the giant bison or long-horned bison, is an extinct species of bison that lived in North America during the Late Pleistocene epoch ranging from southern Canada to Mexico.[2] It is noted for large body size and its distinctive long horns.[3]

  1. ^ Harlan, R (1825). "Bos latifrons, (nobis.): Broad headed Fossil Ox". Fauna americana: being a description of the mammiferous animals inhabiting North America. Philadelphia: Anthony Finley. p. 273.
  2. ^ Carrillo-López, R.; Velasco-Rodríguez, A.; Vásquez-Simon, R.; Valera-Venegas, G.; Jiménez-Hidalgo, E. (2023-08-28). "New records of Bison (Mammalia: Bovidae) from Southern Mexico and some comments on their distribution and biochronology". PalZ. doi:10.1007/s12542-023-00665-7. ISSN 0031-0220.
  3. ^ Froese, Duane; Stiller, Mathias; Heintzman, Peter D.; Reyes, Alberto V.; Zazula, Grant D.; Soares, André E. R.; Meyer, Matthias; Hall, Elizabeth; Jensen, Britta J. L.; Arnold, Lee J.; MacPhee, Ross D. E.; Shapiro, Beth (28 March 2017). "Fossil and genomic evidence constrains the timing of bison arrival in North America". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114 (13): 3457–3462. Bibcode:2017PNAS..114.3457F. doi:10.1073/pnas.1620754114. PMC 5380047. PMID 28289222.

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