Merycodus necatus Leidy 1854 (pronghorn)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae

Alternative combination: Dicrocerus necatus

Full reference: J. Leidy. 1854. [Abstract of remarks made before a meeting of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, June 6th, 1854]. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 7:89-90

Belongs to Merycodus according to C. M. Janis and E. Manning 1998

See also Cope 1875, Cope 1875, Frick 1937, Hay 1902, Leidy 1854, Leidy 1857, Leidy 1873, Matthew 1904 and Skinner and Taylor 1967

Sister taxa: Merycodus crucensis, Merycodus hookwayi, Merycodus joraki, Merycodus major, Merycodus minimus, Merycodus minor, Merycodus prodromus, Merycodus sabulonis, Merycodus tehuanus, Merycodus trilateralis, Merycodus warreni, Meryceros (Submeryceros)

Type specimen: Its type locality is Niobrara River (coll. Hayden 1857), which is in a Barstovian/Clarendonian terrestrial horizon in the Loup Fork Formation of Nebraska.

Ecology: ground dwelling browser-grazer

Distribution:

• Miocene of Canada (5: Saskatchewan collections), United States (14: Montana, Nebraska, South Dakota)

Total: 19 collections each including a single occurrence

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