| Bison antiquus Temporal range:
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| Bison antiquus at the La Brea Tar Pits Museum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Subfamily: | Bovinae |
| Genus: | Bison |
| Species: | †B. antiquus
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| †Bison antiquus Leidy, 1852
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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]
- ^ "Animals of the La Brea Tar Pits Timeline". La Brea Tar Pits & Museum. Archived from the original on 11 January 2018. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
- ^ C. G Van Zyll de Jong , 1986, A systematic study of recent bison, with particular consideration of the wood bison (Bison bison athabascae Rhoads 1898), p.53, National Museum of Natural Sciences