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Fossil Bison
Bos antiquus
Bison antiquus is an extinct species of bison that lived in North America during the Late Pleistocene and the beginning of the Holocene from over 60,000 years ago until around 10,000 years ago. Bison antiquus was one of the most common large herbivores in North America during this time period. It is the direct ancestor of the living American bison.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1696541.