†Prosynthetoceras francisi Frick 1937 (protoceratid)
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Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Protoceratidae
Alternative combination: Synthetoceras francisi
Full reference: C. Frick. 1937. Horned ruminants of North America. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 69:1-669
Belongs to Prosynthetoceras according to D. R. Prothero 1998
See also Frick 1937, Patton 1967 and Patton and Taylor 1971
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Its type locality is Cold Spring, San Jacinto site 3, which is in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon in the Fleming Formation of Texas
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (10: Louisiana, Texas collections)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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