Paratoceras Frick 1937 (protoceratid)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Protoceratidae

Full reference: C. Frick. 1937. Horned ruminants of North America. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 69:1-669

Parent taxon: Protoceratinae according to D. R. Prothero and J. A. Ludtke 2007

See also Carroll 1988, Frick 1937, Prothero 1998, Webb 1981 and Webb et al. 2003

Sister taxon: Protoceras

Subtaxa: Paratoceras coatesi Paratoceras macadamsi Paratoceras orarius Paratoceras tedfordi Paratoceras wardi

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Type: Paratoceras macadamsi

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution:

• Miocene of Mexico (2 collections), Panama (7), United States (2: Texas)

• Arikareean of Panama (1)

Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence

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