Notice of new fossil mammals

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Abstract
AMONG the large number of extinct mammals recently received at the Yale Museum from the West, are several of especial interest, as they serve to mark definite horizons in the Tertiary deposits east of the Rocky Mountains, or show important characters not before observed.A notice of some of these species new to science is given below, and more complete descriptions will appear elsewhere.Bison alticornis, sp.nov.This species of Bison is represented by various remains, the most important of which is the portion of a skull, figured below.This specimen, which may be regarded as the type, indicates one of the largest of American bovines, and one differing widely from those already described.The horn-cores, insteI,Ld of being short and transverse, as in the existing bisons, are long and elevated, with slender, pointed ends.They have large cavities in the base, but in the upper two-thirds are nearly, or quite, solid.Their position is well shown in the cuts below, figures 1 and 2. The frontal region between the horn-cores is broad, somewhat COIl vex, and vel'y rugose.
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Authors O. C. Marsh
Journal american journal of science
Year 1887
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10.2475/ajs.s3-34.202.323
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https://doi.org/10.2475/ajs.s3-34.202.323
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