Bison antiquus
(a.k.a. Bison bison antiquus)
The ancient bison (a.k.a. Ice Age bison) had a
slightly larger body & horns compared with the living American
bison/buffalo (Bison bison). Bison antiquus was originally
described by Joseph Leidy in 1852.
Classification: Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Mammalia,
Artiodactyla, Bovidae
Bison antiquus skeleton from the near-uppermost Pleistocene near
Folsom, New Mexico, USA (CM 10192, Carnegie Museum of Natural History,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA).
Bison antiquus skull from the near-uppermost Pleistocene near
Folsom, New Mexico, USA (CM 10192, Carnegie Museum of Natural History,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA).
Bison antiquus reconstruction (from Carnegie Museum of Natural
History signage, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA).