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Antilocapra (pronghorn)

Mammalia - Antilocapridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1818Antilocapra Ord
1825Antilocapra Gray p. 342
1902Antilocapra Hay p. 686
1904Antilocapra Matthew p. 104
1935Antilocapra Schultz and Howard p. 289
1980Antilocapra Kurten and Anderson p. 325
1988Antilocapra Carroll
2003Antilocapra Hassanin and Douzery p. 212
2008Antilocapra Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 974 figs. Fig. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Ruminantiamorpha
—Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
—Pecora()
familyAntilocapridae
genusAntilocapraOrd 1818

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Antilocapra Ord 1818 [pronghorn]
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Antilocapra americana Ord 1815 [pronghorn]
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Invalid names: Neomeryx finni Parks 1925 [synonym]
†Antilocapra pacifica Richards and McCrossin 1991
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: browserf
Diet 2: grazerf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-31 16:51:41
Source: f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 2.58800 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 1.8 Ma

Collections (31 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (California) Antilocapra sp. (19724)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0USA (Texas) Antilocapra americana (93258)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (California) Antilocapra sp. (20155 20187 20227)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Colorado) Antilocapra sp. (20477)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (South Dakota) Antilocapra americana (20503)
Irvingtonian - Rancholabrean1.8 - 0.012USA (California) Antilocapra sp. (20323 20414)
Rancholabrean (glacial)0.3 - 0.012USA (California) Antilocapra americana (20624)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Wyoming) Antilocapra americana (20621)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Antilocapra americana (93141 93281)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Colorado) Antilocapra americana (74954)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Antilocapra sp. (20273)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Montana) Antilocapra americana (93182)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (New Mexico) Antilocapra americana (76059)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Idaho) Antilocapra americana (20569)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Saskatchewan) Antilocapra americana (20635)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Wyoming) Antilocapridae indet. (93181)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) Antilocapra americana (93251)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Alberta) Antilocapra americana (20615)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Puebla) Antilocapra americana (71306 71307 71308)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Utah) Antilocapra americana (20641)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Antilocapra sp. (20609)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Mexico (Chihuahua) Antilocapra americana (71263)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Utah) Antilocapra americana (93326)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (California) Antilocapra pacifica (209581)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Montana) Antilocapra americana (162133)