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Bison constantini

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Bison constantini
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Placentalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Subfamily: Bovinae
Genus: Bison
Subgenus: Eobison
Species:
B. constantini
Binomial name
Bison constantini
Vislobokova, Titov and Yarmolchyk, 2026

Bison constantini is an extinct species of Bison with remains dating from the Early Pleistocene of the Taurida Cave in the central Crimean peninsula. The species was named by Vislobokova, Titov and Yarmolchyk (2026) based on remains from multiple individuals, including horn cores, incomplete mandibles (lower jaw) and upper jaw bones of both juvenile and adult individuals, teeth and limb bones.[1]

References

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  1. Vislobokova, I. A.; Titov, V. V.; Yarmolchyk, I. A. (2026). "Bison (Eobison) constantini sp. nov. (Artiodactyla, Bovidae) from the Lower Pleistocene of Taurida Cave in the Crimea and Some Aspects of the History of the Subgenus Eobison". Paleontological Journal. 60 (1): 85–100. doi:10.1134/S003103012560129X. ISSN 0031-0301.