†Paratoceras Frick 1937 (protoceratid)
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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
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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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