Extinct species of mammal
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.[ 3]
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^ Carrillo-López, R.; Velasco-Rodríguez, A.; Vásquez-Simon, R.; Valera-Venegas, G.; Jiménez-Hidalgo, E. (2023-08-28). "New records of Bison (Mammalia: Bovidae) from Southern Mexico and some comments on their distribution and biochronology" . PalZ . 98 : 145–159. doi :10.1007/s12542-023-00665-7 . ISSN 0031-0220 .
^ Froese, Duane; Stiller, Mathias; Heintzman, Peter D.; Reyes, Alberto V.; Zazula, Grant D.; Soares, André E. R.; Meyer, Matthias; Hall, Elizabeth; Jensen, Britta J. L.; Arnold, Lee J.; MacPhee, Ross D. E.; Shapiro, Beth (28 March 2017). "Fossil and genomic evidence constrains the timing of bison arrival in North America" . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences . 114 (13): 3457–3462. Bibcode :2017PNAS..114.3457F . doi :10.1073/pnas.1620754114 . PMC 5380047 . PMID 28289222 .