Bison priscus
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Series: Pleistocene.
Stage: Davensian.
Origin: North Sea.
Measurements: 37 cm x 10 cm x 5 cm
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Steppe bison radius. The radius is a long bone that forms part of the skeleton of the forearm in the anterior or thoracic limb of mammals.
Bone composition of the forelimb:
- scapula: wide, flat bone anchored to the thorax that forms the base of the shoulder girdle.
- humerus: long bone of the arm, very dense and robust, with strong ridges for the insertion of the propulsive muscles.
- radius and ulna: bones of the forearm that in ruminants and bovids are tightly joined or partially welded to provide stability.
- carpus: set of small carpal bones that form the wrist joint.
- metacarpus
- phalanges: fingers (proximal, middle and distal or nail).
The steppe bison, also called arctic or longhorn bison, It was a species of bison that inhabited much of Europe,Central Asia, Russia, Manchuria and North America during the Pleistocene.
These were animals similar to the current European bison, but much more robust and larger, with longer horns and adapted to life in open spaces such as the steppes and the limits of the tundra. Its relationships with the current bison species are not entirely clear, although it tends to be assumed that the species gave rise to the current European bison at the beginning of the Holocene from smaller forms such as Bison priscus mediator, which adapted to the new warm and forested environment that was beginning to replace the glacial tundra-steppe in Europe. The giant subspecies of Asia and North America, such as Bison priscus gigas, disappeared without offspring or gave rise to the current American bison (Bison bison).
​Primitive man was a habitual hunter of this species. Steppe bison are frequently represented in cave paintings in France (Lascaux) and Spain (Altamira).
