Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae
Full reference: J. C. Merriam. 1909. The Occurrence of Strepsicerine Antelopes In the Tertiary of Northwestern Nevada. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 5(22):319-330
Belongs to Sphenophalos according to J. C. Merriam 1909
Sister taxa: Sphenophalos garciae, Sphenophalos middleswarti
Type specimen: UCMP 11887, a partial skull (the basal portion of the left horn witiY a portion of the frontal extending forward over the orbit, and backward to form a small portion of the brain case). Its type locality is Thousand Creek Formation, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in the Thousand Creek Formation of Nevada.
Ecology: ground dwelling browser-grazer
Distribution:
• Hemphillian of United States (2: Arizona, Nevada collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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