Name/Title
Bison (tooth)Entry/Object ID
2011.57.40Description
Description: Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactylia
Genus: Bison
Common Name: Bison
Age: Pleistocene
Location: Mid-Western U.S.
Description: Small curved tooth with one blunt end and one broken off end. Brown to tan to black in color. Sand fills hollows.
Physical Characteristics:
Members of the genus Bison are large even-toed ungulates within the subfamily Bovinae. Two extant and four extinct species are recognized. The surviving species are the American bison, also known as the American buffalo (although it is not related to the true buffalo), Bison bison (with two subspecies, the plains bison, Bison bison bison, and the wood bison, Bison bison athabascae), found in North America, and the European bison, or wisent (Bison bonasus), found in Europe and the Caucasus. While these species are usually grouped into their own genus, they are sometimes included in the closely related genus Bos,[1] together with cattle, gaur, kouprey and yaks, with which bison have a limited ability to interbreed.
Genus: Bison
Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactylia
Phylum: ChordataCollection
Museum Collection of FossilsAcquisition
Accession
2011.57Source or Donor
Museum Collection of FossilsAcquisition Method
Long-term LoanDimensions
Width
3/4 inDepth
1/2 inLength
2 inLocation
Location
Container
CenterDrawer
2nd ShelfShelf
CenterCabinet
Case # 49Wall
NorthRoom
Delmar Smith HallBuilding
Crater Rock MuseumCategory
Permanent
