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Bison antiquus

Taxonomy

Bison antiquus was named by Leidy (1852).

It was synonymized subjectively with Bison bison by Wilson (1974) and Kurten and Anderson (1980).

Sister species

B. alaskensis (syn. B. aguascalientes, B. chaneyi), B. bison (syn. B. sylvestris, Bos americanus, Sus americana), B. bonasus, B. francisi, B. latifrons (syn. B. alleni, B. angularis, B. ferox, B. regius, B. rotundus, Bos arizonica, Bos crampianus), B. priscus (syn. B. crassicornis, B. geisti, B. praeoccidentalis, B. willistoni)

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

B. schoetensacki, B. voigtstedtensis

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Synonyms

Bos scaphoceras is a species.

It was recombined as Ovis scaphoceras by Lucas (1899); it was synonymized subjectively with Bison antiquus by McDonald (1981).
Bison californicus was named by Rhoads (1897).

It was synonymized subjectively with Bison bison by Kurten and Anderson (1980); it was synonymized subjectively with Bison antiquus by McDonald (1981).
Bison figginsi was named by Hay and Cook (1928).

It was recombined as Simobison figginsi by Hay and Cook (1930) and Barbour and Schultz (1932); it was synonymized subjectively with Bison bison by Kurten and Anderson (1980); it was synonymized subjectively with Bison antiquus by McDonald (1981).
Bison kansensis was named by McClung (1905) [specimen not numbered]. Its type specimen is University of Kansas, a partial skull (a portion of a cranium), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is North Lawrence, which is in a Pleistocene terrestrial horizon in Kansas.

It was synonymized subjectively with Bison bison by Kurten and Anderson (1980); it was synonymized subjectively with Bison antiquus by McDonald (1981).
Bison occidentalis was named by Lucas (1898). Its type specimen is USNM V.P. 4157, a skull (cranium with complete right horn core and partial left core), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Stelabison occidentalis by Figgins (1933); it was synonymized subjectively with Bison antiquus by McDonald (1981) and Rogers and Martin (1984); it was synonymized subjectively with Bison bison by Fuller and Bayrock (1965), Kurten and Anderson (1980) and Dalquest and Schultz (1992).
Bison oliverhayi was named by Figgins (1933).

It was synonymized subjectively with Bison bison by Kurten and Anderson (1980); it was synonymized subjectively with Bison antiquus by McDonald (1981).
Bison pacificus was named by Hay (1927).

It was synonymized subjectively with Bison bison by Kurten and Anderson (1980); it was synonymized subjectively with Bison antiquus by McDonald (1981).
Bison taylori was named by Hay and Cook (1928).

It was recombined as Stelabison taylori by Figgins (1933); it was recombined as Bison antiquus taylori by Schultz and Howard (1935); it was synonymized subjectively with Bison bison by Kurten and Anderson (1980); it was synonymized subjectively with Bison antiquus by McDonald (1981) and Czaplewski et al. (1999).
Bison texanus was named by Hay and Cook (1928). Its type specimen is CMNH 629, a partial skeleton (complete skull and some associated limb elements), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was synonymized subjectively with Bison occidentalis by Schultz and Cheatum (1970); it was synonymized subjectively with Bison bison by Kurten and Anderson (1980); it was synonymized subjectively with Bison antiquus by McDonald (1981).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1852	Bison antiquus Leidy
1897	Bison californicus Rhoads
1898	Bison occidentalis Lucas
1899	Ovis scaphoceras Lucas
1905	Bison antiquus McClung p. 157
1905	Bison kansensis McClung p. 157
1905	Bison occidentalis McClung p. 159
1927	Bison pacificus Hay
1928	Bison figginsi Hay and Cook
1928	Bison taylori Hay and Cook
1928	Bison texanus Hay and Cook p. 33
1930	Simobison figginsi Hay and Cook
1932	Simobison figginsi Barbour and Schultz
1933	Bison oliverhayi Figgins
1933	Stelabison occidentalis Figgins
1933	Stelabison taylori Figgins
1935	Bison antiquus Schultz and Howard p. 292
1935	Bison antiquus taylori Schultz and Howard p. 292
1937	Bison figginsi Frick
1937	Bison occidentalis Frick
1937	Bison taylori Frick
1966	Bison occidentalis Guthrie p. 739
1981	Bison antiquus McDonald
1984	Bison antiquus Rogers and Martin p. 759
1991	Bison antiquus Jefferson
1991	Bison antiquus Pinsof
2007	Bison antiquus Morgan and Rinehart p. 48

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