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Bos priscus

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8162832https://www.gbif.org/species/8162832
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)44526https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=44526
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Bovidae : Bos : Bos priscus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Bovidae : Bison : Bos priscus
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SynapsidaOsborn 1903
-Therapsida
infraorderCynodontia
-EpicynodontiaHopson and Kitching 2001
infraorderEucynodontiaKemp 1982
-ProbainognathiaHopson 1990
-MammaliamorphaRowe 1988
-MammaliaformesRowe 1988
classMammaliaLinnaeus 1758
subclassTribosphenida
infraclassEutheria
orderUngulata
orderArtiodactylaOwen 1848
-RuminantiamorphaSpaulding et al. 2009
-Ruminantia
-Pecora
familyBovidaeGray 1821
subfamilyBovinae
tribeBoviniGray 1821
subtribeBovinaGray 1821
genusBisonHamilton-Smith 1827
speciesBos priscusBojanus 1825
Generic NameBos
Scientific NameBos priscus Bojanus, 1825
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Bison priscusspeciesbelongs to Urusstated without evidenceBojanus, 1827
Bison priscusspeciesbelongs to Bisonstated without evidenceKurten and Anderson, 1980
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance16.0 - 0.8 Ma
Cenozoic
Last Recorded Appearance0.13 - 0.01 Ma
Pleistocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Artiodactyla)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietgrazer (based on Bison)
Reproductionviviparous (based on Bovidae)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals.

Fossil Distribution

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Urus priscus (Bojanus, 1827)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Bovidae : Bos : Urus priscus
Bison crassicornis (Richardson, 1854)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Bovidae : Bos : Bison crassicornis
Bison willistoni Martin, 1924GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Bovidae : Bos : Bison willistoni
Bison praeoccidentalis Skinner & Kaisen, 1947GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Bovidae : Bos : Bison praeoccidentalis
Bison geisti Skinner & Kaisen, 1947GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Bovidae : Bos : Bison geisti
Bison priscus Bojanus, 1825GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Bovidae : Bos : Bison priscus
Bison preoccidentalis Skinner & Kaisen, 1947GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Bovidae : Bos : Bison preoccidentalis
Superbison crassicornis (Richardson, 1854)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Bovidae : Bos : Superbison crassicornis

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1827Urus priscus Bojanus
1854Bison crassicornis Richardson
1902Bison crassicornis Hay p. 689
1905Bison crassicornis McClung p. 159
1924Bison willistoni Martin
1930Superbison crassicornis Nobis
1937Bison crassicornis Frick
YearName and Author
1947Bison geisti Skinner and Kaisen
1947Bison praeoccidentalis Skinner and Kaisen
1966Bison crassicornis Guthrie p. 739
1980Bison priscus Kurten and Anderson p. 335
1981Bison priscus McDonald
1992Bison priscus Dalquest and Schultz

References

Alroy J. (2002) Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals
Hay O. P. (1902) , Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179, 1-868
McClung C. E. (1905) The fossil bison of Kansas, Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 19, 157-159
Frick C. (1937) Horned ruminants of North America, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 69, 1-669
Kurten B., Anderson E. (1980) , Pleistocene mammals of North America, 1-442
McDonald J. N. (1981) , North American Bison, 1-350
Dalquest W. W., Schultz G. E. (1992) , Ice Age mammals of northwestern Texas, 1-309
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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