Hexameryx White 1941 (pronghorn)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae

Full reference: T. E. White. 1941. Addition to the fauna of the Florida Pliocene. Proceedings of the New England Zoological Club 18:67-70

Parent taxon: Antilocapridae according to C. M. Janis and E. Manning 1998

See also Ahearn 1988, Carroll 1988, Simpson 1945, Webb 1973 and White 1941

Sister taxa: Antilocapra, Antilocaprinae, Cosorycinae, Hayoceros, Ilingoceros, Merriamoceros, Merycodontinae, Merycodus, Paracosoryx, Plioceros, Ramocerotinae, Submeryceros, Texoceros

Subtaxa: Hexameryx simpsoni

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Type: Hexameryx simpsoni

Ecology: ground dwelling browser-grazer

Distribution:

• Hemphillian of United States (8: Florida collections)

• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (1: Florida)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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