Hypertragulus dakotensis Frick 1937 (ruminant)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Hypertragulidae

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

Belongs to Hypertragulus according to C. Frick 1937

Sister taxa: Hypertragulus calcaratus, Hypertragulus chadronensis, Hypertragulus crawfordensis, Hypertragulus heikeni, Hypertragulus hesperius, Hypertragulus minor, Hypertragulus minutus, Hypertragulus planiceps, Hypertragulus quadratus, Hypertragulus sequens

Type specimen: Its type locality is Indian Stronghold (Protoceras Channel), which is in a Whitneyan fluvial sandstone in the Brule Formation of South Dakota

Ecology: ground dwelling frugivore

Distribution: found only at Indian Stronghold (Protoceras Channel)

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