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Bison antiquus. Bison antiquus, the antique bison or ancient bison, is an extinct species of bison that lived in Late Pleistocene North America until around 10,000 years ago. Bison antiquus was one of the most common large herbivores in Late Pleistocene North America. It is a direct ancestor of the living American bison. [1][2]
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.
Bojanus, 1825 [1] The steppe bison[Note 1] or steppe wisent (Bison priscus) [2] is an extinct species of bison. It was widely distributed across the mammoth steppe, ranging from Western Europe to eastern Beringia in North America during the Late Pleistocene. [3] It is ancestral to all North American bison, including ultimately modern American ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 11 November 2024. Extinct genus of saber-toothed cat Smilodon Temporal range: Early Pleistocene to Early Holocene, 2.5–0.01 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ Mounted S. populator skeleton at Tellus Science Museum Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class ...
Krumbiegel, 1980. The American bison (Bison bison; pl.: bison), commonly known as the American buffalo, or simply buffalo (not to be confused with true buffalo), is a species of bison that is endemic (or native) to North America. It is one of two extant species of bison, along with the European bison. Its historical range circa 9000 BC is ...
Size comparison of selected giant theropod dinosaurs, S. aegyptiacus in red Since its discovery, Spinosaurus has been a contender for the largest theropod dinosaur. [ 44 ] Both Friedrich von Huene in 1926 [ 45 ] and Donald F. Glut in 1982 listed it as among the most massive theropods in their surveys, at 15 m (49 ft) in length and upwards of 6 ...
The European bison (pl.: bison) (Bison bonasus) or the European wood bison, also known as the wisent [a] (/ ˈ v iː z ə n t / or / ˈ w iː z ə n t /), the zubr [b] (/ ˈ z uː b ə r /), or sometimes colloquially as the European buffalo, [c] is a European species of bison. It is one of two extant species of bison, alongside the American bison.
A mastodon (mastós 'breast' + odoús 'tooth') is a member of the genus Mammut (German for 'mammoth'), which was endemic to North America and lived from the late Miocene to the early Holocene. Mastodons belong to the order Proboscidea, the same order as elephants and mammoths (which belong to the family Elephantidae).